LEE LIVES:

Rare sighting of Harper Lee (The Associated Press, 10/5/02, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Author Harper Lee greeted fans and posed for photos during a rare public appearance, but the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" spoke for only a few moments while accepting the 2002 Alabama Humanities Award. [...]

When longtime friend and fellow author Wayne Greenhaw introduced her, the audience applauded for several minutes. All Lee said was: "Mr. Greenhaw has robbed me of words, so I'll say thank you from the bottom of my heart."

I recently read somewhere that, besides helping him with research, she may have helped write In Cold Blood for Truman Capote, her childhood friend who was the basis for Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 5, 2002 6:43 AM