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Alexandra Ripley

AKA Alexandra Braid

Born: 8-Jan-1934
Birthplace: Charleston, SC
Died: 10-Jan-2004
Location of death: Richmond, VA
Cause of death: Natural Causes

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Wrote Scarlett

Husband: Leonard Ripley (m. 1958, div. 1963)
Husband: John Graham (until her death)
Daughter: Merrill Ripley Geier
Daughter: Elizabeth Lyon Ripley

Author of books:
Who's the Lady in the President's Bed? (1972, novel)
Charleston (1981, novel)
On Leaving Charleston (1984, novel)
The Time Returns (1985, novel)
New Orleans Legacy (1987, novel)
Scarlett (1991, novel)

 

 

Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.
Alexandra Ripley

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.
Alexandra Ripley

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.
Alexandra Ripley

We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only half alive.
Alexandra Ripley

 

 

 

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