Harper Lee, the reclusive author of one of my favorite novels, To Kill A Mockingbird,
makes an appearance each year at an essay contest awards luncheon in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. The contest is for high school students who must, in
their essays, describe what the novel (the only one she ever wrote)
means to them. When she was asked to give her approval for the contest
five years ago she had one stipulation, according to The New York Times.
She is not a judge in the essay contest, nor does she make any formal
statement at the ceremony. Her one stipulation for the contest was that
children who were home-schooled be eligible to compete.