Alice Mitchell Author

Alice Mitchell won a prestigious Betty Trask Book Award in 1985 for her first Novel ‘Instead of Eden’ which is about the lives of a grandmother, mother and daughter during the ’60s and ’70s in the North of England and was published by W H Allen. It is now out of print, but used copies are available on Amazon and websites such as WOB and Abe Books. More than thirty years later, after a rewarding career as a medical Doctor, she released her second work ‘The Mortimer Affair – Joan de Joinville’s Story’ set in the turbulent reign of Edward II which is available from You Caxton Publications and Amazon. After many years living in Merseyside, Chester and North Wales, Alison is now retired and has returned to Yorkshire. Her work of Historical Fiction ‘The Golden Door’ is a tale of 19th Century Immigrants to America. Whilst initially struggling to make their way in New York, they are then embroiled in the lead up to the Civil War along the western frontiers of Kansas, and the Civil War battles themselves. It was released by Arcanum Press on 1st October 2024 and is available on Amazon and from Rapier associates.

Alice can be contacted on acharrop@gmail.com