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Jennifer Fisher, a Nancy Drew expert, author, collector, and historian, sheds light on the life and work of Mildred Wirt Benson, the original ghostwriter of the Nancy Drew series. Fisher reveals how and why the original 34 Nancy Drew books, which were published beginning in the 1930s, were revised decades later—sometimes significantly.
Nancy Drew is a fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, video games, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. [1]
Apr 28, 2020 · But by any name, Nancy Drew was ahead of her time — just 10 years after the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote — thanks to Mildred Wirt Benson, one of the ghostwriters...
Jun 23, 2008 · Nancy Drew: Curious, Independent and Usually Right. In her first case, The Secret of the Old Clock (1930), Nancy searches for a hidden will in order to help restore the inheritances to the ...
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Apr 5, 2019 · When the Nancy Drew series first came out in 1930, librarians across the United States were waging a war against series books, which they claimed caused “mental laziness” and...
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The character of Nancy Drew, as well as the appearance of the books, has changed over the years in many ways. The early classic Nancy of the 1930s-1940s is bold, independent, fearless, and capable.
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Celebrating 75 Years of Nancy Drew. The stars were in alignment at Nancy Drew’s creation in 1930 since several factors combined to produce a bestseller. First there was the storytelling genius of Edward Stratemeyer, his timely adaptation of the mystery genre for juveniles, and the marketing power of his syndicate.
