"Watchman" will be published in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann, an imprint of Penguin Random House.Īccording to the publisher Harper, Carter came upon the manuscript at a "secure location where it had been affixed to an original typescript of 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'" The new book is set in Lee's famed Maycomb, Alabama, during the mid-1950s, 20 years after "To Kill a Mockingbird" and roughly contemporaneous with the time during which Lee was writing the story. The deal was negotiated between Carter and the head of Harper's parent company, Michael Morrison of HarperCollins Publishers. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years."įinancial terms were not disclosed. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I hadn't realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. "I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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