Alice Perrin

Born in India in 1867, Alice Perrin was educated in England and later returned to India after marrying Charles Perrin, an engineer in the India Public Works Department. The years she spent there shaped much of her writing, giving her fiction a strong sense of place and a close attention to Anglo-Indian society.

She became known for novels and story collections that mixed observation, romance, social detail, and at times the eerie or uncanny. Among her best-known works are East of Suez and The Spell of the Jungle, and her stories often reflect both the attractions and tensions of life under the British Raj.

Perrin died in 1934, but her work remains of interest for readers drawn to historical fiction, imperial-era settings, and classic supernatural tales. Her writing offers both entertaining storytelling and a window into the attitudes and experiences of her time.