Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Harper Lee has died. Lee gained worldwide renown as the author of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a story of racial injustice in a small Alabama town. The book sold more than 40 million copies and is one of the most beloved, most read, and most taught works of fiction authored by an American.

The award-winning 1962 film based on the novel was similarly well-received. Maureen Badham, won an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Jean “Scout” Finch in the movie.  Ms. Badham, pictured, visited the Manassas Campus in 2011 as part of NOVA’s Reading Across the Curriculum program.