Alexandra Ripley (January 8, 1934 - January 10, 2004)

Alexandra Ripley, née Braid (January 8, 1934, Charleston, S.C. - January 10, 2004), the only child of Alexander and Elizabeth Braid, was an American writer best known as the author of Scarlett (1991), the sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who's that lady in the President's bed? (1972). 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). Scarlett received some damning reviews, but was very successful nonetheless.

She attended the elite Ashley Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina, and graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1955 with a major in Russian. She worked at several publishing houses, writing catalog and flap copy for books until she got up the nerve to become an author in her own right.

In 1958 she married Leonard Ripley, and divorced in 1963 after having two sons. She re-married with John Graham and she had other two sons.

In 1972, Ripley published her first book, Who's that lady in the President's bed? under the pseudonym B.K. Ripley, and followed it up with half a dozen historical novels, including Charleston, The Time Returns and A Love Divine.

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First Book - Who's that lady in the President's bed? (1972) (writing as B.K. Ripley): Who's that lady in the President's bed?

Last Book - The Sunken Sailor (2004): The Sunken Sailor (A Serial Novel)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Ripley

Gay Rom Lit Retreat

So, this is my next adventure in the US: I will go (yes, I'm sure I will manage to) to the Gay Romance Literary Retreat in New Orleans on October 2011. I'm planning to take a 2 weeks vacation leave, first New York City for one week (and I will wander around the city and out of it) and then another week in New Orleans.

Here is the official website:

http://gayromlit.com/

From the words of the organizer:

"GayRomLit is a retreat for readers and writers of GLBT romance. A gathering place to hang out with people who read the same books you do. Get to know your favorite authors in a comfortable setting, ask all those burning questions about the books you love, and meet online friends at a one of a kind retreat.

We specifically chose the word retreat, which by definition is a place of safety - a refuge for those in attendance. Unlike your more traditional Lit-conferences the GayRomLit weekend will be centered on celebrating the fiction we all love and highlighting the authors and publishers who continue to support the genre.

New Orleans is the location for the 2011 GayRomLit Retreat.

Please join us October 13 - 16 for the first of what we hope to be an annual event.

Lynn Lorenz * Ethan Day * Carol Lynne * J.P. Bowie * Amanda Young"

I will be there, and you?

And BTW, this is the hotel they chose:



Nice, isn't it?

Gay Rom Lit Retreat

So, this is my next adventure in the US: I will go (yes, I'm sure I will manage to) to the Gay Romance Literary Retreat in New Orleans on October 2011. I'm planning to take a 2 weeks vacation leave, first New York City for one week (and I will wander around the city and out of it) and then another week in New Orleans.

Here is the official website:

http://gayromlit.com/

From the words of the organizer:

"GayRomLit is a retreat for readers and writers of GLBT romance. A gathering place to hang out with people who read the same books you do. Get to know your favorite authors in a comfortable setting, ask all those burning questions about the books you love, and meet online friends at a one of a kind retreat.

We specifically chose the word retreat, which by definition is a place of safety - a refuge for those in attendance. Unlike your more traditional Lit-conferences the GayRomLit weekend will be centered on celebrating the fiction we all love and highlighting the authors and publishers who continue to support the genre.

New Orleans is the location for the 2011 GayRomLit Retreat.

Please join us October 13 - 16 for the first of what we hope to be an annual event.

Lynn Lorenz * Ethan Day * Carol Lynne * J.P. Bowie * Amanda Young"

I will be there, and you?

And BTW, this is the hotel they chose:



Nice, isn't it?