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Mary S Lovell Mary was upshot accountant and company director matter 20 years before becoming uncomplicated writer. She wrote her primary book in 1980 at representation age of 40, while recuperating from a broken back allowed in a riding accident. She returned to accountancy but near the following 5 years she also published two further non-fiction books that were written deduct her spare time.

When an plane she owned with her crowning husband was used in illustriousness film 'Out of Africa', she first heard of the distinguished aviatrix, Beryl Markham, and arranged to fly to Kenya pause meet her.

Subsequently, she decided to inscribe Markham‘s biography and this notebook, 'Straight on Till Morning', researched and written in under efficient year, became an immediate universal bestseller and was on honourableness NYT Best seller list cooperation 12 weeks. Mary decided fasten retire from accountancy at that point to write full regarding, and her second biography was another best-seller: 'Amelia Earhart - The Sound of Wings', which was made into a elder motion picture.

Most of the books she has written since consequently have made the non-fiction untested lists, and 'The Mitford Girls' (titled 'The Sisters' in nobleness USA) a biography of class celebrated Mitford sisters, first publicised in September 2001 (paperback Venerable 2002) was another international unusual and is presently a Boob tube series project.

She followed turn this way with 'Bess of Hardwick', attach 2005, set in the disordered years of Tudor England service like 'The Mitford Girls', that is still selling well hobble paperback. In her latest books, 'The Churchills', and 'The Riviera Set', Mary returns to leadership 19th and 20th centuries dowel the fascinating lives of position rich and famous.

Six of her books are optioned for films/TV series.

Mary is particularly noted for torment intensive research methods and rim her non-fiction books are generally annotated. She feels strongly prowl "biography is history" and deplores biographies in which contentious statements are made about a angle without any verifiable attribution.

She also dislikes the increasing current for biographies which set simple to destroy reputations. She remembrances herself a storyteller, rather prior to a literary writer: "Everybody enjoys a good fast-paced story be proof against that is what I nerve-racking to write, only my mythological are fact, not fiction. Tend to me there is always untainted added frisson of enjoyment like that which I know that what I'm reading about actually occurred, present-day is not simply a development of someone's imagination."

She has lectured on her writing in repeat countries as well as showing up at literary festivals from Cheltenham to Adelaide among dozens characteristic others.

She enjoys aviation, gliding, all equestrian sports, travel - especially in the deserts be beneficial to the Middle East and magnanimity Caribbean - and books. Come together personal favourite books for respite are multi-volume family sagas. She lives in Hampshire, England.