After leaving the Sandhills, Katharine and Clements Ripley moved to Charleston, where her father was editor of the News and Courier. There she wrote her first book, Sand in My Shoes, followed by her second nonfiction book, Sand Dollars, as well as a novel, Crowded House. Clements Ripley became a popular novelist and Hollywood scriptwriter. Katharine died in 1955, a year after her husband.
After leaving the Sandhills, Katharine and Clements Ripley moved to Charleston, where her father was editor of the News and Courier. There she wrote her first book, Sand in My Shoes, followed by her second nonfiction book, Sand Dollars, as well as a novel, Crowded House. Clements Ripley became a popular novelist and Hollywood scriptwriter. Katharine died in 1955, a year after her husband.