Gone with the Wind
Mitchell's major novel and the only novel published during her lifetime.
Author guide
Margaret Mitchell Books in Order
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900–1949) was an American novelist and journalist from Atlanta, Georgia. Her sole novel published during her lifetime, Gone with the Wind (1936), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Posthumously published books include the novella Lost Laysen, collections of her correspondence and journalism, and Before Scarlett, a substantial collection of previously unpublished girlhood writings.
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Lost Laysen
A short, independently published posthumous novella based on a manuscript she wrote as a teenager.
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Novels (2)
- Gone with the Wind
novel · 1936
Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of the most popular…
- Lost Laysen
novella · 1996
Lost Laysen is a short novel written by Margaret Mitchell in 1916, when she was 15 and given to her lover, Henry Love Angel. It was published only after 1996 when Angel's son found the manuscript with a number of letters Mitchell had sent…
Nonfiction (1)
- Margaret Mitchell: Reporter
journalism-collection · 2000
Other (3)
- A Dynamo Going to Waste: Letters to Allen Edee, 1919-1921
correspondence · 1985
- Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind Letters, 1936-1949
correspondence · 1976
- Before Scarlett: Girlhood Writings of Margaret Mitchell
juvenilia-collection · 2000
"The discovery - quite by accident - of the cache of writing by the best-known and best-selling author of all time contained in this volume seems almost too romantic to be true. Eskridge and Thomas found two hundred pages of short…
Frequently asked questions about Margaret Mitchell
Who was Margaret Mitchell?
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900–1949) was an American novelist and journalist from Atlanta, Georgia, best known for Gone With the Wind.
What did Margaret Mitchell do before becoming a famous novelist?
She worked for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine from 1922 to 1926, writing interviews, profiles, and features. She produced 129 articles before a broken ankle ended her journalism career.
What influenced Margaret Mitchell's writing?
Her Atlanta upbringing and family connections to Civil War history informed her perspective; her grandfather had fought in the war, and she interviewed people who had lived through it. She also researched books, documents, letters, diaries, and newspapers extensively.
Did Margaret Mitchell win a Pulitzer Prize?
Yes. She won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Novel for Gone With the Wind.
Why is Margaret Mitchell's legacy still debated?
Her work remains culturally influential, but its depiction of the Civil War and Reconstruction is contested. The Atlanta History Center notes that Gone With the Wind reflected and advanced common historical myths about that era, while its former home now interprets the book's cultural impact.