Isabel Mary Mitchell (1893–1973)Australian Dictionary of Biography
/ref> was an Australian known for her services to literature. She went blind in the 1940s and wrote about this in "Uncharted country raille: aspects of life in blindness." She wrote eight novels after losing her sight through the use of

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and typewriter. 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

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in 1970 for service to literature.Australia list:

Selected works

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Family

She was the daughter of

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. She was the sister of Janet Charlotte Mitchell and Agnes Eliza Fraser Mitchell, who wrote as Nancy Adams.

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1893 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Australian women writers Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Australian blind people Blind writers {{Australia-writer-stub