In memory of Alexandra Ripley

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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."

In the early 1990 the estate of Margaret Mitchell selected her to pick up the stories of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler where Mitchell left them in 1936, the year her saga of the Civil War was published.

''There are two reasons why I'm doing this book,'' she said in an interview in the reference work Contemporary Authors. ''I can't resist it, and as soon as this is done I will be able to write anything I want to. I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes.'' 

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