Isabel Mary Mitchell MBE (1893–1973) [1] was an Australian known for her services to literature. [2] She went blind in the 1940s and wrote about this in "Uncharted country [braille] : aspects of life in blindness." [3] She wrote eight novels after losing her sight through the use of dictaphone and typewriter. [4]
Mitchell also wrote three detective novels [1] under the name Josephine Plain. [5] The Secret of the Sandbank was first published in the Melbourne afternoon daily newspaper The Herald in instalments. [6]
Mitchell was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1970 for service to literature. [7]
She was the daughter of Edward Fancourt Mitchell. [8] She was the sister of Janet Charlotte Mitchell and Agnes Eliza Fraser Mitchell, who wrote as Nancy Adams. [9]
Isabel Mary Mitchell MBE (1893–1973) [1] was an Australian known for her services to literature. [2] She went blind in the 1940s and wrote about this in "Uncharted country [braille] : aspects of life in blindness." [3] She wrote eight novels after losing her sight through the use of dictaphone and typewriter. [4]
Mitchell also wrote three detective novels [1] under the name Josephine Plain. [5] The Secret of the Sandbank was first published in the Melbourne afternoon daily newspaper The Herald in instalments. [6]
Mitchell was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1970 for service to literature. [7]
She was the daughter of Edward Fancourt Mitchell. [8] She was the sister of Janet Charlotte Mitchell and Agnes Eliza Fraser Mitchell, who wrote as Nancy Adams. [9]