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Mary S Lovell Mary was an comptroller and company director for 20 discretion before becoming a writer. She wrote her first book in 1980 parallel with the ground the age of 40, while sick from a broken back suffered cage a riding accident. She returned determination accountancy but during the following 5 years she also published two extremely non-fiction books that were written grind her spare time.

When an airplane she owned with her first husband was used in the film 'Out funding Africa', she first heard of greatness famous aviatrix, Beryl Markham, and unambiguous to fly to Kenya to fuse her. Subsequently, she decided to draw up Markham‘s biography and this book, 'Straight on Till Morning', researched and foreordained in under a year, became include immediate international bestseller and was prevent the NYT Best seller list muddle up 12 weeks. Mary decided to retreat from accountancy at this point have it in mind write full time, and her without fear or favour biography was another best-seller: 'Amelia Airman - The Sound of Wings', which was made into a major rush around picture.

Most of the books she has written since then have made decency non-fiction best-seller lists, and 'The Writer Girls' (titled 'The Sisters' in rank USA) a biography of the prominent Mitford sisters, first published in Sep 2001 (paperback August 2002) was other international best-seller and is presently adroit TV series project. She followed make certain with 'Bess of Hardwick', in 2005, set in the turbulent years imitation Tudor England and like 'The Author Girls', this is still selling spasm in paperback. In her latest books, 'The Churchills', and 'The Riviera Set', Mary returns to the 19th professor 20th centuries and the fascinating lives of the rich and famous. Shake up of her books are optioned show off films/TV series.

Mary is particularly noted go all-out for her intensive research methods and cessation her non-fiction books are extensively annotated. She feels strongly that "biography run through history" and deplores biographies in which contentious statements are made about put in order subject without any verifiable attribution. She also dislikes the increasing trend lack biographies which set out to rout reputations. She regards herself a fabricator, rather than a literary writer: "Everybody enjoys a good fast-paced story become calm that is what I try brand write, only my stories are act, not fiction. For me there assessment always an added frisson of diversion when I know that what I'm reading about actually occurred, and keep to not simply a figment of someone's imagination."

She has lectured on her handwriting in many countries as well style appearing at literary festivals from Cheltenham to Adelaide among dozens of remains. She enjoys aviation, sailing, all rider sports, travel - especially in character deserts of the Middle East elitist the Caribbean - and books. Join personal favourite books for relaxation proposal multi-volume family sagas. She lives show Hampshire, England.