Isabel Mary Mitchell (1893–1973)Australian Dictionary of Biography was an Australian known for her services to literature.SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, IST JANUARY 1970 She went blind in the 1940s and wrote about this in "Uncharted country [braille] : aspects of life in blindness."National Library of Australia Trove She wrote eight novels after losing her sight through the use of dictaphone and typewriter.Described and Captioned Media Program
Mitchell also wrote three detective novels under the name Josephine Plain. The Secret of the Sandbank was first published in the Melbourne afternoon daily newspaper The Herald in instalments.
Mitchell was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1970 for service to literature.Australia list:
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Family She was the daughter of Edward Fancourt Mitchell.Australian Dictionary of Biography for Edward Fancourt Mitchell She was the sister of Janet Charlotte Mitchell and Agnes Eliza Fraser Mitchell, who wrote as Nancy Adams.
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