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Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia. An avid writer even in childhood, she grew up listening to first-hand accounts of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Following her attendance at Smith College and three years as a journalist, her husband encouraged her to begin writing a novel while she recuperated from a horseback riding accident. Her epic novel of love and survival, Gone With The Wind, was published in 1936, quickly becoming one of the best selling books in the history of publishing. Ms. Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1937, and her book was made into an enormously popular motion picture in 1939. She spent the rest of her life answering fan mail, working in support of the war effort and charities, anonymously providing financial aid for black medical students and generally avoiding the limelight. She was fatally injured by an automobile while crossing Atlanta’s Peachtree Street in 1949.

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