Her latest book, Bess of Hardwick, was published in the UK in 2005. She also wrote The Mitford Girls (titled The Sisters in the USA), a biography of the celebrated Mitford sisters, first published in September 2001 (paperback August 2002). Her book on Markham, Straight on Till Morning, researched and written in under a year, after weeks of interviews with the subject in Nairobi, became an immediate international bestseller when it was published in 1987 and was twelve weeks on the New York Times Best Seller lists. Lovell is an English writer and has written biographies of Beryl Markham, Amelia Earhart, Jane Digby, Richard Burton, Betty 'Cynthia' Pack, the Mitford Girls and Bess of Hardwick.

Live at the Philadelphia Folk Festival (DVD), 2008.Mary S.

When Forever Rolls Around (as Lovell Sisters Band), 2005, 2DefPigs Records.

Rebecca Lovell: lead and harmony vocals, mandolin and guitar.

Megan Lovell: harmony vocals, dobro and lap steel.

Rebecca and Megan regrouped as Larkin Poe and released four EPs, one for each season, and as of 2022, seven studio albums. Their final concert was at the Harris Arts Center in their hometown of Calhoun, Georgia on January 16, 2010. On December 16, 2009, The Lovell Sisters announced that Jessica's wedding engagement and plans to begin college the following year marked the group's disbandment. 'Time to Grow' received an honorable mention in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition. The Lovell Sisters' song 'Distance' won the 2008 John Lennon Songwriting Contest grand prize in the country genre. At 15 years of age, she was the youngest person (and only woman) to win a MerleFest instrument competition. In 2006, Rebecca won the MerleFest mandolin contest. The group's first album, When Forever Rolls Around, was released that September. The next year, The Lovell Sisters appeared on ' A Prairie Home Companion' and won the Prairie Home National Teen Talent Competition. In 2004, the Lovell Sisters Band (LSB) debuted at the Signal Mountain Opry. The family heard its first bluegrass recording, Slide Rule by Jerry Douglas, and were inspired to check out their local traditional-music scene. They began singing in public with their church choir and credit their classical training with developing their technical ability and teaching them how to practice.

Lovell Sisters Band on Watson Stage, MerleFest 2007Īs children, Jessica, Megan, and Rebecca took classical violin and piano lessons and were members of their local youth symphony.

The Sisters by Mary S. Lovell