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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mildred_BensonMildred Benson - Wikipedia

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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. [2]

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   • Occupation: Writer, Journalist

   • Genre: Children's fiction, Mystery
   • Notable works: Nancy Drew

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3. www.lib.uiowa.edu › iwa › mildredThe Mysterious Mildred Wirt Benson: The life and works of a ...

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   Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was a prolific writer with a passion for adventure. Born in the small town of Ladora, Iowa in 1905, Benson would go on to write 135 children’s novels, work as a journalist for 58 years, become a pilot, and explore archaeological sites in Central America. Read more about The Tale of the Ghost Writer

4. www.thoughtco.com › mildred-wirt-benson-author-bioMildred Wirt Benson, aka Carolyn Keene Biography - ThoughtCo

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   Jan 30, 2020 · Learn about the life and career of Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote the text of 23 of the first 25 Nancy Drew books under the direction of Edward Stratemeyer. Find out how she became a journalist, a pilot, and a columnist, and what made Nancy Drew books so popular.

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6. www.smithsonianmag.com › arts-culture › adventurousThe Adventurous Writer Who Brought Nancy Drew To Life

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   Jul 2, 2018 · Mildred Wirt Benson University of Iowa Press. The young Benson liked to write. When she was 13, her short story “The Courtesy” appeared in St. Nicholas, a monthly children’s magazine that ...

7. www.lib.uiowa.edu › iwa › mildredThe Tale of the Ghost Writer - Iowa Women's Archives ...

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   Mildred & Melville Augustine, 1900s. Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was born to Dr. J.L. and Lillian (Matteson) Augustine in Ladora, Iowa on July 10, 1905. She was the younger of two children; her brother Melville Augustine was seven years older. Perhaps it was her older brother who influenced her interests at an early age: athletic pursuits and ...

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   Who was Mildred Wirt Benson?

   • 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. Mildred A. Wirt Benson was a remarkable woman who knew from an early age that she wanted to be a writer.

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   Who was Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson?

   • Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was a prolific writer with a passion for adventure. Born in the small town of Ladora, Iowa in 1905, Benson would go on to write 135 children’s novels, work as a journalist for 58 years, become a pilot, and explore archaeological sites in Central America.

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   What did Nancy Drew and Mildred Wirt Benson have in common?

   • Writer for the First Nancy Drew Books Teenage sleuth Nancy Drew and Mildred Wirt Benson had a great deal in common, including very long and active lives. Nancy Drew books, in one form or another, have been popular for more than 70 years.

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   Who was Mildred Benson?

   • Mildred Benson was born Mildred Augustine on July 10, 1905, in Ladora, Iowa, to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine. Benson earned her degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1925 in just three years. She later returned to the university, and in 1927, became the first student there to earn a master's degree in journalism.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 2002/05/30 › booksMildred Benson Is Dead at 96; Wrote 23 Nancy Drew Books

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   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 ...

10. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1991/08/16-vwThe Real-Life Heroine Who Wrote Nancy Drew - Los Angeles Times

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    Aug 16, 1991 · Aug. 16, 1991 12 AM PT. Mildred Wirt Benson, arguably the person most responsible for Nancy Drew’s success, couldn’t care less about the hoopla surrounding the reissuing of the early Nancy ...