Author: Elizabeth von Arnim
Alternate names: Elizabeth Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin; Elizabeth Countess Russell; Alice Cholmondeley; Mary Annette Von Arnim; Elizabeth Von Arnim; VON ARNIM. Elizabeth; Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim Russell; Elizabeth Von Arnim Russell; Mary Annette Beauchamp; Russell, Mary Annette Beauchamp Russel Countess; Russell, Mary Annette, Russell countess; Russell, Frances Anna Maria Countess Russell.; Elizabeth Arnim; Elisabeth Von Arnim; Elizabeth von Elizabeth von Arnim; Elizabeth Von Elizabeth Von Arnim
Title: Countess von
Born: 31 August 1866
Died: 9 February 1941
Bio: Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim. She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley only for a novel, Christine, published in 1917. [Wikipedia]