Area residents get jump-start on reading

0 Comments | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Aug 18, 2002 | by Leslie Weddell

Jane Austen

11. What did Lee study before becoming a writer?

She studied law at the University of Alabama. She left in 1949, one semester short of completing her degree.

12. What was Lee's day job in New York City while she worked on "To Kill a Mockingbird" at night?

She worked as a reservation clerk for Eastern Air Lines and British Overseas Airways.

13. Where does Lee live now?

Lee divides her time between New York City and Monroeville. She leaves New York via train at the first sign of frost - and after the literary tourists have left Monroeville.

14. Why hasn't Lee written another book?

Her agent, Sam Pinkus, says "She said what she had to say."

15. Name two other famous authors who published only one novel.

Margaret Mitchell ("Gone With the Wind," 1936) and Ralph Ellison ("Invisible Man," 1952).

- Compiled by Leslie Weddell and Jim Bainbridge