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Nancy Drew is a fictional amateur detective. She is originally depicted as a blonde-haired and blue-eyed 16-year-old high school graduate, but in later editions is rewritten as a titian-haired and blue-eyed 18-year-old graduate and detective.
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, River Heights, and the Nancy Drew Notebooks.
Jan 30, 2020 · Learn about the life and career of Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the first 25 Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Discover how she became a journalist, a pilot, and a pioneer for women's rights.
Oct 24, 2019 · Learn about the history and evolution of the Nancy Drew books, written by ghostwriters under the pen name Carolyn Keene. Discover who were the original and later authors, and how they shaped the iconic girl detective series.
Nancy Drew, fictional teenage amateur detective in an extended series of mystery books written by Carolyn Keene (a collective pseudonym, used by Edward Stratemeyer and, among many others, by his daughter Harriet S. Adams).
Jul 2, 2018 · Real-life kidnapping victims have said that Nancy Drew stories inspired them to use their wits to escape; successful women in law enforcement say Nancy Drew led them to their careers.
The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories is the long-running "main" series of the Nancy Drew franchise, which was published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. There are 175 novels — plus 34 revised stories — that were published between 1930 and 2003 under the banner; Grosset & Dunlap published the first 56, and 34 revised stories, while ...
