Harper Lee will release a sequel to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee will be releasing her first novel in 55 years very soon.

Mic reports that Publisher Harper announced the release of Go Set a Watchman, a novel that Lee finished in the 1950s but set aside. The book will be a sequel to Lee's classic and only other novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

"It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort." Lee said in a statement. "My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel from the point of view of the young Scout."

To Kill a Mockingbird revolves around Scout's father, Atticus Finch, a white lawyer in 1950s Alabama who tries to prove a black man's innocence in a rape case. The novel has sold over 40 million copies since its release in 1960 and gained attention for its racial themes.

According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the deal was negotiated by Lee's lawyer and Michael Morrison of HarperCollins Publishers.

Go Set a Watchman will hit book shelves on July 14.