Gone with the Wind is a novel by Margaret Mitchell that was published in 1936. It tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a young woman whose life is forever changed by the Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel has recently been the subject of controversy due to its depictions of racism, and some publishers have added trigger warnings to the book. Despite the controversy, "Gone with the Wind" remains a classic of American literature and has been widely read and studied for decades.

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist born on November 8, 1900, in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her novel Gone with the Wind, which was published in 1936 and won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Mitchell died on August 16, 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia, after being struck by a car while crossing the street with her husband. She was 48 years old at the time of her death. Mitchell's legacy lives on through her novel, which has been adapted into a classic film of the same name.