Delos and Maud then moved to New York, where Delos worked as night editor for the New York Daily News and assistant city editor for the New York Sun.īy 1931, Delos had written two historical biographies and Maud had authored three children’s books.

While at the Tribune, he met and married Maud Hart, who also had experience as a feature writer for the newspaper. Delos then became a reporter, copyreader and telegraph editor for the Minneapolis Tribune. Two years later, he became a reporter for the Minneapolis Daily News, where he became a close friend of Merian Cooper, another reporter for the paper. They both wrote for prominent newspapers and, from 1943 to 1947, Delos had a weekly syndicated column that was printed in many newspapers throughout the nation.īegan his career as a professional writer in 1913 when he was hired as a reporterįor the Fargo Courier News. The Lovelaces were married for 49 years (1917 to 1967) and 33 of their books and, at least, 52 of their short stories were published. One couple often overlooked is Delos and Maud Hart Lovelace. Lovelace passed away in 1980.When people discuss married couples who were notable writers, they often refer to Robert and Elizabeth Barret Browning, Percy and Mary Shelley, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, Henry Miller and Anais Nin, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, and Stephen and Tabitha King.

The city of Mankato, for which the fictional Betsy-Tacy setting of Deep Valley was based upon, declared Betsy-Tacy Day on October 7, 1961. The first book in the series, Betsy-Tacy, was published in 1940 ten titles later, the last book in the series, Betsy's Wedding, was published in 1955. Her well known children's series, known as the Betsy-Tacy series, started in 1938 after Lovelace began telling her childhood stories to her daughter Merian. Lovelace's first publication, The Black Angels, was published in 1926. In 1928 they moved to Claremont, California and had a daughter, Merian, in 1931. Maud married Delos Lovelace in 1917 they lived apart until 1919 due to Delos' military service in World War I. Her life growing up in Mankato with her family and two sisters would later give inspiration for her writings, most notably in the Betsy-Tacy series. Maud Palmer Hart was born Apin Mankato, Minnesota to Tom Hart and Stella Palmer.

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