Harper Lee

Pulitzer-prize winning author of  "To Kill a Mockingbird", Nelle Harper Lee, has passed away, Mashable reports. The author was 89 and a resident of Monroeville, Alabama. Her passing was originally reported by local newspaper, Alabama Media Group.

More than five decades after releasing “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee is publishing a second book. The announcement was made by her publisher Tuesday. “Go Set a Watchman” will be published July 14. The new book's storyline follows Scout, the little girl from "To Kill a Mockingbird" as an adult.