About Naomi Mitchison
Writer of Novels, Short Stories, Children's fiction, Plays, Screenplays, History, Children's non-fiction, Poetry. Born 1897, Scotland. An author whose works span seven decades, Naomi Mitchison originally wanted to be a scientist. An incomplete education made her turn to writing. Served as a volunteer nurseduring WW I. She helped establish the first birth control clinics in London,and became involved in political action with the counter-revolution in Austria in 1934 and with sharecroppers in Arkansas in 1935.
Novels
The Conquered (1923)
Cloud Cuckoo Land (1925)
The Laburnum Branch (1926)
The Fairy who Couldn't Tell a Lie (1927)
Anna Comnena (1928)
Black Sparta (1928)
Nix-Nought-Nothing (1928)
The Hostages (1930)
Boys and Girls and Gods (1931)
The Corn King and the Spring Queen (1931)
The Prince of Freedom (1931)
Powers of Light (1932)
The Delicate Fire (1933)
We have Been Warned (1935)
The Fourth Pit (1936)
An End and a Beginning (1937)
The Bull Calves (1947)
The Big House (1950)
Travel Light (1952)
The Land the Ravens Found (1955)
To the Chapel Perilous (1955)
Little Boxes (1956)
Behold your King (1957)
Memoirs of a Spacewoman (1962)
Ketse and the Chief (1965)
Big Surprise (1967)
Far Harbour (1969)
Don't Look Back (1969)
Family at Ditlabeng (1969)
Graeme and the Dragon (1970)
Sun and Moon (1970)
Cleopatra's People (1972)
Sunrise Tomorrow: A Story of Botswana (1973)
A Life for Africa (1973)
Danish Teapot (1973)
Oil for the Highlands? (1974)
All Change Here (1975)
Solution Three (1975) (with Susan Merrill Squier)
Snake! (1976)
Two Magicians (1979) (with Dick Mitchison)
The Vegetable War (1980)
Mucking Around (1981)
Not by Bread Alone (1983)
Early in Orcadia (1987)
Images of Africa (1987)
The Blood of the Martyrs: Vol. 14 (1988)
As It Was (1988)
The Oath-takers (1991)
Sea-green Ribbons (1991)
The Dark Twin (1998) (with Marion Campbell)
Cloud Cuckoo Land (1925)
The Laburnum Branch (1926)
The Fairy who Couldn't Tell a Lie (1927)
Anna Comnena (1928)
Black Sparta (1928)
Nix-Nought-Nothing (1928)
The Hostages (1930)
Boys and Girls and Gods (1931)
The Corn King and the Spring Queen (1931)
The Prince of Freedom (1931)
Powers of Light (1932)
The Delicate Fire (1933)
We have Been Warned (1935)
The Fourth Pit (1936)
An End and a Beginning (1937)
The Bull Calves (1947)
The Big House (1950)
Travel Light (1952)
The Land the Ravens Found (1955)
To the Chapel Perilous (1955)
Little Boxes (1956)
Behold your King (1957)
Memoirs of a Spacewoman (1962)
Ketse and the Chief (1965)
Big Surprise (1967)
Far Harbour (1969)
Don't Look Back (1969)
Family at Ditlabeng (1969)
Graeme and the Dragon (1970)
Sun and Moon (1970)
Cleopatra's People (1972)
Sunrise Tomorrow: A Story of Botswana (1973)
A Life for Africa (1973)
Danish Teapot (1973)
Oil for the Highlands? (1974)
All Change Here (1975)
Solution Three (1975) (with Susan Merrill Squier)
Snake! (1976)
Two Magicians (1979) (with Dick Mitchison)
The Vegetable War (1980)
Mucking Around (1981)
Not by Bread Alone (1983)
Early in Orcadia (1987)
Images of Africa (1987)
The Blood of the Martyrs: Vol. 14 (1988)
As It Was (1988)
The Oath-takers (1991)
Sea-green Ribbons (1991)
The Dark Twin (1998) (with Marion Campbell)
Collections
The Brave Nurse: And Other Stories
When the Bough Breaks: And Other Stories (1924)
Barbarian Stories (1929)
Beyond This Limit: Selected Shorter Fiction of Naomi Mitchison (1935)
Cleansing of the Knife: And Other Poems (poems) (1979)
What Do You Think Yourself: and Other Scottish Short Stories (1982)
A Girl Must Live: Stories and Poems (poems) (1990)
When the Bough Breaks: And Other Stories (1924)
Barbarian Stories (1929)
Beyond This Limit: Selected Shorter Fiction of Naomi Mitchison (1935)
Cleansing of the Knife: And Other Poems (poems) (1979)
What Do You Think Yourself: and Other Scottish Short Stories (1982)
A Girl Must Live: Stories and Poems (poems) (1990)
Non fiction
Return to the Fairy Hill (1966)
African Heroes (1968)
The Moral Basis of Politics (1971)
Small Talk (1973)
You May Well Ask: A Memoir, 1920-1940 (1979)
Margaret Cole, 1893-1980 (1982)
Among You Taking Notes... (1985)
Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide (1995)
African Heroes (1968)
The Moral Basis of Politics (1971)
Small Talk (1973)
You May Well Ask: A Memoir, 1920-1940 (1979)
Margaret Cole, 1893-1980 (1982)
Among You Taking Notes... (1985)
Rising Public Voice: Women in Politics Worldwide (1995)
Anthologies containing stories by Naomi Mitchison
Nova 1 (1970)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 (1973)
Nova 3 (1973)
aka The Outdated Man
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1980 (1981)
Future Earths : Under African Skies (1993)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 (1973)
Nova 3 (1973)
aka The Outdated Man
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1980 (1981)
Future Earths : Under African Skies (1993)
Short stories
| Mary and Joe (1962) | |||
| Miss Omega Raven (1972) | |||
| The Factory (1973) | |||
| The Finger (1980) |
Books about Naomi Mitchison
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