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Otherwise, the book has been mostly a mystery. The publishing community has known of Scarlett’s search for roots for quite some time.

“I started reading up on Ireland,” says Ripley, “and I thought, ‘Thank you, God.’ What we have at this time in Ireland is like 20 years before in the (United States). “I started finding out what was going on in American history, and it was”-she squinches her mouth up and sings a word- “nuh -thing.” I’m the only one doing the ‘Gone With the Wind’ kind of thing.” Among her books are “Charleston,” “On Leaving Charleston” and “New Orleans Legacy.”īut Ripley moved her tale out of the South and the United States. “And I am the only real Southerner writing Southern historical novels. “I’ve always kept my eye on the competition,” says Ripley, 57, leaning back on the sofa in the elegant Manhattan hotel room where she is ensconced for the first hectic rounds of publicity interviews. The author of popular epics about Charleston and New Orleans, Ripley doesn’t believe the estate ever considered anyone else. More than five years ago, the trustees of the Mitchell estate hired Ripley to continue the saga and to protect copyrights to the characters that otherwise would expire in 2011.