Alexandra Ripley
(Alexandra Braid Ripley)
(1934 - 2004)aka B K Ripley
Alexandra Ripley, née 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 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). Scarlett received some damning reviews, but was very successful nonetheless. She attended the elite Ashley Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina, and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
She died in Richmond, Virginia, and is survived by two daughters from her first marriage to Leonard Ripley, a son in law and granddaughter, Alexandra Elizabeth.
Novels
Who's that lady in the President's bed? (1972) (as by B K Ripley)
Charleston (1981)
On Leaving Charleston (1984)
The Time Returns (1985)
New Orleans Legacy (1987)
Scarlett (1991)
From Fields of Gold (1994)
A Love Divine (1996)
The Sunken Sailor (2004) (with Simon Brett, Jan Burke, Dorothy Cannell, Margaret Coel, Deborah Crombie, Eileen Dreyer, Carolyn Hart, Edward Marston, Francine Mathews, Sharan Newman, Walter Satterthwait, Sarah Smith and Carolyn Wheat)
Charleston (1981)
On Leaving Charleston (1984)
The Time Returns (1985)
New Orleans Legacy (1987)
Scarlett (1991)
From Fields of Gold (1994)
A Love Divine (1996)
The Sunken Sailor (2004) (with Simon Brett, Jan Burke, Dorothy Cannell, Margaret Coel, Deborah Crombie, Eileen Dreyer, Carolyn Hart, Edward Marston, Francine Mathews, Sharan Newman, Walter Satterthwait, Sarah Smith and Carolyn Wheat)
