Melanie Benjamin
Alice I Have Been
Melanie Benjamin blends fact and fiction with her first historical novel, Alice I Have Been. Alice Liddell Hargreaves has led an exciting and fulfilling life, beyond the rabbit hole. Immortalized as not only a little girl but also the embodiment of Childhood itself, Alice is growing weary of the fame attached to her name. No longer a young girl, Alice has experienced intense passion, great privilege and even greater tragedy. As she nears her eighty-first birthday, she knows that, to the world around her, she is and will always be “Alice.”
Author of two previous novels, Benjamin has found her niche in writing historical fiction with Alice I Have Been. Her next novel, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, will be published in July 2011. She lives in Chicago with her family.
