Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) was born Mary Annette Beauchamp. In 1891 she married Graf Henning von Arnim-Schlagenthin, a member of the Prussian aristocracy and settled in Berlin. She published her first novel Elizabeth and Her German Garden In 1898 and from then on was published simply as "Elizabeth" or "author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden." After her husband's death, she married Earl Francis Russell, older brother of Bertrand Russell.