Which author veered away from the 1930s to focus on the civil war era and life in southern america?

Margaret Mitchell.

Explanation:

Margaret Mitchell was an American female writer who had been interested in the American Civil War era. She began writing her Pulitzer Prize winning book "Gone With The Wind", dealing with the Southern American life.

American Civil War was around the 1800s while the 1930s of America was about the Great Depression and the crash of the stock market. But Margaret Mitchell, who was born during the 1930s was more interested in the lives of the Southern states and the Civil War era. Her novel "Gone With The Wind" was written about the Civil war and the South plantation eras instead of the more prominent issues of her time. The novel contains many references to the plantation lives of the Southern people, the black and white divide, the civil war and it's effects etc are all dealt with in the story.

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