Monroeville News

Pulitzer Prize winner and 'To Kill A Mockingbird' author Harper Lee smiles before receiving the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House November 5, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Harper Lee, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," filed a lawsuit Friday to re-secure the copyright to it.

Harper Lee, the 87-year-old author of To Kill a Mockingbird , sued her literary agent, claiming he took advantage of her age and infirmity to deprive her of royalties from the novel.

The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' has filed a New York lawsuit to re-secure the copyright to it.

Erla Mae Emelo, 84, of Monroeville, Ala., formerly of Salem, died at 4:30 a.m. Feb.