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They're parroting an observation from a special about the book; it's a bit misleading taken out of context. The original observation was making a comment about Harper Lee's reclusive and private nature, not suggesting that Lee modeled Boo Radley directly on herself...though I'm sure many of the characters in the book contain bits of the author.


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