Instead of Eden

Alice Mitchell is a British author of historical fiction, born February 17, 1951, in Keighley, United Kingdom. She won the Betty Trask Award in 1985 for her debut novel Instead of Eden, and her notable works include The Mortimer Affair – Joan de Joinville’s Story and her latest release The Golden Door, which explores 19th-century immigrants in America amid the Civil War.Goodreads author page, alicemitchell.co.uk, Betty Trask Awards Society of Authors