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(1892-1980) Writer. Maud Hart Lovelace was born in Mankato, Minnesota, and died in Claremont, California. She was author of the Betsy-Tacy books, a series of thirteen novels for girls. She and her husband, Delos Lovelace, lived in New York City before retiring to Claremont, California.

Full Name

Maud Palmer Hart Lovelace

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Maud and Delos Lovelace lived in Mount Vernon and Yonkers.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

The Lovelaces had a home in Garden City, New York.

1892

BIRTH

Maud Palmer Hart was born in Mankato, Minnesota, on April 25, 1892.

1926

LITWORK

The Black Angels
John Day Company

Novel.

1928

RESIDENCE

Ms. Lovelace and her husband, Delos Lovelace, moved to New York City in 1928 and lived there until around 1953 when they retired to Claremont, California.

1929

LITWORK

Early Candlelight
John Day Company

Novel.

1930

LITWORK

Petticoat Court
John Day Company

Novel.

1932

LITWORK

The Charming Sally
John Day Company

Novel.

1934

LITWORK

One Stayed At Welcome
John Day Company

Novel co-written with Delos Lovelace.

1937

LITWORK

Gentlemen From England
Macmillan Company

Novel co-authored with her husband, Delos Lovelace.

1940

LITWORK

The Betsy-Tacy Books
Thomas Y. Crowell Company

The Betsy-Tacy Books are a series of novels which were published from 1940 to 1955. They included: Betsy-Tacy (1940), Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941), Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942), Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943), Heaven to Betsy (1945), Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946), Betsy Was a Junior (1947), Betsy and Joe (1948), Betsy and the Great World (1952), and Betsy's Wedding (1955).

1942

LITWORK

The Golden Wedge: Indian Legends of South America
Crowell

Children's book written with Delos Lovelace.

1950

LITWORK

The Tune Is In The Tree
Harpercollins Childrens Books
9999363881 / 978-9999363884
Novel written with Eloise Wilkin.

1966

LITWORK

The Valentine Box
Crowell
0690856601 / 978-0690856606
Novel.

1980

DEATH

Maud Hart Lovelace died in Claremont, California, on March 11, 1980.

1980

INTERMENT

Maud Hart Lovelace was interred at Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

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