Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), American author of one of the most popular novels of all time. She was a reporter and feature writer for the Atlanta Journal from 1922 until 1926, when she began writing her one book, Gone with the Wind, which she completed ten years later. This romantic picture of life in the South during the American Civil War became a best-seller almost immediately and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. It was made into a film that, after its release in 1939, became one of the most popular and praised of all films.