Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist, born in Australia. She married a German aristocrat and became Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and her earliest books are set in Germany. After his death she had a three year affair with H. G. Wells, and later married Frank Russell, the elder brother of Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of Katherine Mansfield. The Enchanted April, from 1922, is her best known novel.