Capturing a life, never an easy task, has been the mission of biographers for decades. Being able to portray the trials, tribulations and triumphs of an individual is a challenge that few authors are able to face and conquer. But Charles Shield's Mockingbird has done just that.
Critically acclaimed as "one of the best biographies of 2006" by the Christian Science Monitor, Mockingbird was ranked 15th on the New York Times bestseller list and No. 5 on Amazon.com's list of the top 10 biographies. Shield's depiction of author Harper Lee -- the first biography of Lee ever done -- has delighted and informed a society that has long wondered about the life of an aloof writer who lived her life far from the public eye.
"The hardest part of writing this biography was the fact that she opposed me doing so," Shields said. "She didn't want me to write the book and she called her friends and asked them not to speak to me. It meant that I had to increase my determination to get the book done
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