On Tuesday The Penguin Press announced their acquisition of Marja Mills’s THE MOCKINGBIRD NEXT DOOR: LIFE WITH HARPER LEE, saying it was written with “direct access to Harper and Alice Lee” and their friends and family. But the next day, the NYT reported on a statement from the Alabama law firm, Barnett, Bugg, Lee & Carter, signed by Harper Lee (who celebrated her 85th birthday yesterday). It read: “Contrary to recent news reports, I have not willingly participated in any book written or to be written by Marja Mills. Neither have I authorized such a book. Any claims otherwise are […]