To mark the fiftieth anniversary of this landmark book's publication, The University of Alabama School of Law and the American Bar Association Journal have instituted a prize for Legal Fiction. According to the official website, "the Prize will be given annually to the published book-length work of fiction that best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society, and their power to effect change".
Fittingly, John Grisham's book "The Confession" won the inaugural prize this year.
The Prize is named after the author of the landmark book. Who?
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Harper Lee, who wrote
"To Kill a Mockingbird".