| Birth Day | November 8, 1900 |
| Birth Place | Atlanta, GA |
| Age | 119 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Aug 16, 1949 (age 48) |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Margaret Mitchell, the highly acclaimed novelist from Georgia, is projected to possess a net worth of $9 million by 2024. Renowned for her historical masterpiece, "Gone with the Wind," Mitchell's literary talent and captivating storytelling have garnered her immense success and recognition. Her compelling portrayal of the American South during the Civil War era continues to resonate with readers worldwide. While Margaret Mitchell tragically passed away in 1949, her literary contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of literature, making her a distinguished figure in the annals of American storytelling.
Author of the bestselling novel, Gone with the Wind, which received both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. The novel was adapted into a critically acclaimed, 1939 film starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler.
After Mitchell's dress caught on fire when she was three years old, her mother started dressing her in boys' pants, earning her the nickname of Jimmy (based on Little Jimmy, a popular comic strip of the time). She wrote a novella called Lost Laysen during her adolescent years; the work was published nearly a century later.
She only had one book published while she was alive, but that work alone won her the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia as the daughter of suffragist Mary Isabel Stephens and attorney Eugene Muse Mitchell. She was briefly married to Berrien K. Upshaw before meeting John R. Marsh, the man who would become second husband. She had no children.
Her writing was heavily influenced by the work of one of her favorite authors, Charles Dickens.
