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Alexandra Ripley

1934 - 2004

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Alexandra Ripley (née Braid; January 8, 1934 – January 10, 2004) was an American writer best known as the author of Scarlett (1991), written as a sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who's the 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandra Ripley is the 2,770th most popular writer (down from 2,543rd in 2019), the 3,979th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,213th in 2019) and the 315th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Alexandra Ripley ranks 2,770 out of 7,302. Before her are Unica Zürn, Robert James Waller, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Giacomo da Lentini, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, and Neil Postman. After her are Heinrich Hoffmann, Jonas Jonasson, Fleur Jaeggy, Ben Hecht, Budd Schulberg, and Olympiodorus of Thebes.

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Among people born in 1934, Alexandra Ripley ranks 197. Before her are Luis Héctor Villalba, Maria Carta, Vasily Lanovoy, Carmelo Simeone, Ronald Inglehart, and Waldo Machado. After her are Shirley Jones, Enrique Collar, Frans Brüggen, Dave Grusin, Pat Boone, and Mahbub ul Haq. Among people deceased in 2004, Alexandra Ripley ranks 122. Before her are Jean Lefebvre, Czesław Niemen, Steve Lacy, José Giovanni, Jozef Lenárt, and Jacques Georges. After her are Jesús Gil, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, René Laloux, Paul Winfield, Tom Wesselmann, and Lucia Berlin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexandra Ripley ranks 3,979 out of 20,380. Before her are Kamehameha IV (1834), Mike Markkula (1942), Sam Rockwell (1968), Neil Postman (1931), Annette O'Toole (1952), and Richard Bright (1937). After her are Sun Ra (1914), Eddie Guerrero (1967), Stephen Sondheim (1930), William Clothier (1881), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), and Earle Meadows (1913).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alexandra Ripley ranks 315. Before her are Terry Goodkind (1948), Varian Fry (1907), Herman Wouk (1915), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Robert James Waller (1939), and Neil Postman (1931). After her are Ben Hecht (1893), Budd Schulberg (1914), Vince Gilligan (1967), Edward Bellamy (1850), Tony Robbins (1960), and Mary Mapes Dodge (1831).

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