NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Essays and early short stories by 鈥淭o Kill a Mockingbird鈥� author will be published this fall.
"The Land of Sweet Forever" compiles short fiction Lee wrote in the years before the 1960 release of her classic novel and includes essays completed between 1961 and 2006. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will release the book Oct. 21. 鈥淭he Land of Sweet Forever鈥� will include an introduction by Lee's authorized biographer, Casey Cep.
鈥淎s a member of Harper Lee鈥檚 surviving family, I know I speak for all of us in saying that we鈥檙e delighted that these essays, and especially the short stories, which we knew existed but were only recently discovered, have been found and are being published," the late author's nephew, Dr. Edwin Conner, said in a statement Tuesday.
"She was not just our beloved aunt, but a great American writer, and we can never know too much about how she came to that pinnacle,鈥� he said.
Lee, who died in 2016 at age 89, published no new, full-length books after 鈥淭o Kill a Mockingbird.鈥� In 2015, she approved the release of an early draft of 鈥淢ockingbird.鈥�
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