Lee, Harper

One page (7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.; 191 x 142 mm), Monroeville, Alabama, 7 January 1992, to Raymond M. Beck, accompanied by original typed envelope. Framed and glazed. — Still photograph a court scene from the film To Kill a Mockingbird, signed by Lee and screenwriter Horton Foote. Framed and glazed.

After apologizing her delayed response to Beck's letter, Harper Lee reflects on the enduring popularity of her one novel: "As you may see, one change in my life brought about by To Kill A Mockingbird is that I stay several months behind in trying to answer the mail I get. I did not suspect, nor did my publishers, that the novel would be in print after more than thirty years! Indeed it has been a humbling experience, one that not many writers share, and one for which I am deeply thankful. The novel does seem to have life of its own, in a brand new world, and its continuing success is something of a mystery to me."