After reading the book To Kill a Mockingbird, what kind of person do you think the author was? What makes you feel this way?Please give a detailed...

    We can assume that Harper Lee, author of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, based the main characters of the story on herself.  Like Scout, mischievousness, tom-boyish tom-foolery and a precocious maturity and intellect were all traits of the young Harper Lee during her youth in Monroeville, Alabama. And like Atticus, Ms. Lee nearly became a lawyer before dropping out of school.
    Although Nelle Harper Lee has retained a reclusive lifestyle and type-lipped attitude toward her famed novel, we know many facts about her early life. Scout's dad, Atticus, is brought to life through the experiences of Ms. Lee's father, Amasa C. Lee, who was an attorney, Alabama state legislator and owner of a newspaper. Much like Scout, these occupations exposed her to political and social matters as well as the written word, hastening her own reading and writing skills. Her mother, Frances, suffered from a mental illness--possibly giving her insights into Boo's behavior--leaving her father, like Atticus, as the primary head of the household. Atticus was based on Ms. Lee's father, although she has undoubtedly instilled many of her own attitudes in his character.
    Like Scout, the author spent her own youth as a "rough 'n' tough tomboy." She was visited during summers by her friend Truman Persons, later famed author Truman Capote, who was the basis for the character of Dill. She, too, studied law at the University of Alabama but gave up the profession just short of graduation. She was considered a loner and individualist, and she is still involved in church and social matters.
    Today, Harper Lee, like Atticus, remains humble and lives a simple lifestyle in her hometown of Monroeville. And like Scout, she has a stubborn streak, still refusing interviews or public discussions about her one and only novel.