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Carolyn Keene

Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of both the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories (and a spin-off called River Heights) and The Dana Girls Mystery Stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Syndicate, hired writers, beginning with Mildred Wirt (later Mildred Benson), to write the manuscripts for the Nancy Drew books. Benson is credited as the primary writer of Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Harriet Adams (Stratemeyer's daughter) rewrote the original books and added new titles after the withdrawal of Benson.

Other ghostwriters who used this name to write Nancy Drew mysteries included Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, Nancy Axelrad, Patricia Doll, Charles S. Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., Margaret Scherf, and Susan Wittig Albert.

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    Cover of edition greeksymbolmyste00keen First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1991 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1934 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1983 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1935 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1961 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1993 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1982 — 4 editions
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Subjects

Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, Drew, nancy (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Nancy Drew (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Women detectives, Mystery, Hardy boys (fictitious characters), fiction, series:HardyBoys, OverDrive, series:NancyDrew, Juvenile Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Mystery fiction, collectionID:HBND2, Accessible book, Dana Girls (Fictitious characters), Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Protected DAISY, Friendship, fiction, Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character), Children's stories, Dana girls (fictitious characters), fiction

Places

United States, Costa Rica, New York (N.Y.), Berkshire Hills (Mass.), Hawaii, New York, Paris (France), San Francisco (Calif.), Wyoming, Alaska, Annapolis (Md.), Arizona, Austria, Belgium, California, Canada, Chicago, Chicago (Ill.), Chincoteague Island (Va.), Detective and mystery stories, Egypt, England, France, Greece, Health Resorts

People

Nancy Drew (Fictitious character), Nancy Drew, Darwin family, Nancy Dreww

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865

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Alternative names

  • Carolyn G. Keene
  • Carolyn G Keene
  • CAROLYN KEENE
  • Keene Carolyn
  • Carolyn. Keene
  • Carolyn KEENE
  • Keene, Carolyn pseud.
  • Keene-Carolyn
  • Mildred A. Wirt
  • Harriet Adams
  • Leslie McFarlane
  • James Duncan Lawrence
  • Walter Karig
  • Nancy Axelrad
  • Patricia Doll
  • Charles S. Strong
  • Alma Sasse
  • Wilhelmina Rankin
  • George Waller Jr.
  • Margaret Scherf
  • Susan Wittig Albert.
  • carolyn keene
  • Keene, Carolyn, Accardo, Anthony
  • Carolyn, and Frame, Paul Keene
  • Tony and based on stories by Carolyn Keene Tallarico

History

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October 31, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
October 24, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
October 11, 2023 Edited by Marla Replaced ghostwriter name of Margaret Fischer with Margaret Scherf
September 16, 2023 Edited by Lisa Update photos
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import