Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist, born in Australia as Mary Annette Beauchamp, who published under the name Elizabeth von Arnim from the start of her career. Her earliest works are set in Germany, where she lived after marrying a German aristocrat, and her novel Enchanted April follows four English women who rent a medieval castle in Italy for a month. Her second marriage made her Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell, and she was a cousin of the writer Katherine Mansfield.