Margaret Mitchell. Margaret Mitchell was born on the 8th of November in 1900 in Atlanta. Her father was from Ireland and her mother was from France. Margaret's grandfathers fought in the American Civil War. Margaret was beautiful and smart woman. She was married twice. Her first marriage wasn't successful. Her main profession was journalism. She worked with historical essays. But some years later her husband asked her to leave the work. In 1936 she wrote her single novel "Gone with the Wind". In the novel the life of main heroine - Skarlett is showed before and after the American Civil War. Margaret wrote the novel for 10 years. In 1937 she got the Pulitzer Prize. The novel was very popular. The idea for the novel writer took from her life. Margaret Mithcell is my favorite writer, because her novel is full life and feelings. From the first pages behavior of the main heroine is interesting. Margaret showed all severity and terror of the time of war. She also showed different people. After the reading of the novel readers should think about the life.