The novel "Gone with the Wind" was written by Margaret Mitchell. It was published in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Margaret Mitchell wrote this widely popular and influential book during the Great Depression era, and it became one of the best-selling novels of its time. The story is set during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and centers on Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern belle navigating the hardships of the era. Mitchell was an American author from Atlanta, Georgia, and she wrote only this one novel during her lifetime, which brought her significant literary acclaim.