Alice Mitchell is the pen-name of Alison Mitchell born in 1951 in West Yorkshire. . Her married name is Harrop but she is now widowed and has moved back to Yorkshire, having retired from her professional occupation as a medical doctor. . .
Her first novel (Instead of Eden)won a Betty Trask Prize and was published in 1985. by W.H. Allen.
She is currently working on a mediaeval historical novel. which is about to be published shortly.
She is a Guardian reader, animal lover and Pro- European .
