WRITER

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandra Ripley has received more than 127,282 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alexandra Ripley is the 2,543rd most popular writer (down from 2,313th in 2019), the 3,213th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,973rd in 2019) and the 278th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

On leaving Charleston
Fiction
1984
From fields of gold
Fiction, Married people, Cigarette industry
The Civil War had swept away her wealth. Chess has only her pride and a patent on a tobacco machine that needs the right man to fulfill its promise. With a heart committed to another man's wife and a raging ambition, Nate Richardson agrees to marry Chess. It seems they both get what they want. But the bargain will plunge them into a world of cutthroat deals and raw passions.
1994
Scarlett
Irish Americans, Open Library Staff Picks, Travel
1991
The time returns
Fiction, History, Statesmen
1985
Pour tout l'or du sud
1995
Charleston
Fiction
1981

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexandra Ripley ranks 2,543 out of 7,302. Before her are Aristeas, Seichō Matsumoto, Katherine Jackson, Frano Selak, Şihabetdin Märcani, and Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. After her are Philo of Byblos, Juan del Encina, Al-Asmaʿi, Lois McMaster Bujold, Cornelis de Bruijn, and Dorothea von Schlegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Alexandra Ripley ranks 165. Before her are Gleb Panfilov, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Nicéphore Soglo, Linda Cristal, Karl-Josef Rauber, and Vladimir Posner. After her are Zaid ibn Shaker, Rue McClanahan, George Hilton, Bill Cobbs, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, and Bernard Chiarelli. Among people deceased in 2004, Alexandra Ripley ranks 106. Before her are Chiang Fang-liang, Helmut Griem, Gordon Cooper, Walter Frentz, Czesław Niemen, and Artie Shaw. After her are Fay Wray, Paul Winfield, Ann Miller, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Thomas Gold, and Franz König.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexandra Ripley ranks 3,213 out of 20,380. Before her are Johnny Carson (1925), Katherine Jackson (1930), Samuel Wilson (1766), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), Kristin Davis (1965), and Brent Spiner (1949). After her are Kevin A. Lynch (1918), Christian Slater (1969), Sherm Clark (1899), Eric Hoffer (1898), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), and Douglas Diamond (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alexandra Ripley ranks 278. Before her are Ron Kovic (1946), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Margaret Fuller (1810), John Edward Williams (1922), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), and Katherine Jackson (1930). After her are Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), John Barth (1930), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Elmore Leonard (1925), and Edgar Lee Masters (1868).

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