Scarlet O'Hara won an Academy Award for Gone with the Wind because of her performance in a film based on a book by what author?
Fire Over England:  It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane from the novel "Fire Over England" by A. E. W. Mason. Vivien Leigh:  She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her iconic performances as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949.
A. E. W. Mason