Novelist
Harper Lee
Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, won a Pulitzer, and published nothing else for fifty-five years. She helped Truman Capote research In Cold Blood.
Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966). An earlier draft of Mockingbird, set at a later date, Go Set a Watchman, was published in July 2015 as a sequel. A collection of her short stories and essays, The Land of Sweet Forever, was published on October 21, 2025.
- Born
- 1926-04-28, Monroeville, Alabama, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2016-02-19, Monroeville, Alabama, USAA Friday, aged 89
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1926-04-28, Monroeville, Alabama, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 7°38′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 16°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 10°43′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 21°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 26°23′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 23°37′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 23°55′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 27°43′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 21°59′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°47′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2016-02-19, Monroeville, Alabama, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 0°31′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 25°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 7°39′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 3°10′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 23°46′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 20°31′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 15°24′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 17°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 9°08′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 16°39′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Harper Lee was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
