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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality.
The Mysterious Mildred Wirt Benson website is a resource for those intrepid sleuths, revealing information about Benson’s life and work, the Nancy Drew Sleuths and their connection to the Iowa Women’s Archives, the history behind the 1993 Nancy Drew Conference, and places to look for even more clues.
The Mysterious Mildred Wirt Benson: The life and works of a ghost writer from Iowa. The Tale of the Ghost Writer. Home. Biography. The Case of the Cabinet. Nancy Drew Conference. Resources. Childhood. Mildred & Melville Augustine, 1900s.
Jan 30, 2020 · Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote the text of 23 of the first 25 Nancy Drew books under the direction of Edward Stratemeyer, was still an active newspaper columnist when she died in May of 2002 at the age of 96.
May 30, 2002 · Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew novels -- those spine-chilling tales of the fearless teenage sleuth who motored about in a blue roadster solving crimes -- died on...
Jul 2, 2018 · ARTS & CULTURE. The Adventurous Writer Who Brought Nancy Drew To Life. Mildred Wirt Benson helped invent the fictional teen sleuth who became a generational role model. Jennifer Fisher,...
May 9, 1993 · MILDRED AUGUSTINE WIRT BENSON had just arrived in Chicago from Toledo, carrying a red leather pocketbook and wearing a crinkly plastic rain bonnet. The writer of 23 of the first 30 original...
