Alexandra Ripley
Illustration — Alexandra Ripley at her home (1997) Photo by Osmund Geier Alexandra Ripley (Braid; January 8, 1934 – January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of Scarlett (1991), written as a sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who's the Lady in the President's Bed? Charleston (1981), her first historical novel, was a bestseller, as were her next books On Leaving Charleston (1984), The Time Returns (1985), and New Orleans Legacy (1987).
Also recorded as Alexandra Braid Ripley
Alexandra Ripley
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- Full name
- Alexandra Elizabeth Braid.
- Born
- Alexandra Ripley was born on 8 January 1934. · Charleston.
- Died
- Alexandra Ripley died on 10 January 2004. · Richmond.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · novelist
- Fields
- romance
- Education
- Vassar College
- Honours
- Berliner Bär
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Born Alexandra Elizabeth Braid in Charleston, South Carolina, she attended the elite Ashley Hall and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1955 with a major in the Russian language. She was married three times: from 1958 to 1963 to Leonard Ripley, an early partner and recording engineer at Elektra Records, from 1971 to 1981 to Thomas Martin Garlock (1929–2008), and in 1981 to John Vincent Graham (1926–2007), a former professor at the University of Virginia, from whom she was legally separated at the time of her death. Ripley was selected by the Margaret Mitchell estate to write a sanctioned sequel to Gone With the Wind. Scarlett was panned by critics. Despite this, the novel was a commercial success; Scarlett sold millions of copies and remains in print. She died of natural causes at her home in Richmond, Virginia, and is survived by two daughters.
Novels
Novels
• 1972: Who's the Lady in the President's Bed? (as B.K. Ripley) • 1981: Charleston • 1984: On Leaving Charleston • 1985: The Time Returns • 1987: New Orleans Legacy • 1991: Scarlett • 1994: From Fields of Gold • 1997: A Love Divine
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Non-fiction
• 1974: Caril (as B.K. Ripley, with Nanette Beaver & Patrick Trese)
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Alexandra Ripley is recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the occupation novelist. Classed in the genre romance.
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1934
Alexandra Ripley was born on 8 January 1934.
2004
Alexandra Ripley died on 10 January 2004.
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Alexandra Ripley was born at Charleston.
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Alexandra Ripley died at Richmond.
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Richmond.
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Identity and origins. Recorded at birth as Alexandra Elizabeth Braid. The authorities additionally record the heading Alexandra Braid Ripley. Her recorded language was English.
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