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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: The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes

    First published in 1964 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1972 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1995 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1969 — 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 2023 — 3 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, Dana Girls (Fictitious characters), Juvenile Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Dana girls (fictitious characters), fiction, OverDrive, Mystery fiction, series:HardyBoys, series:NancyDrew, Diaries, fiction, Alaska, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters), Sabotage, fiction, Friendship, Hardy boys (fictitious characters), fiction

Places

Berkshire Hills (Mass.), Canada, Chincoteague Island (Va.), Costa Rica, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, New Orleans (La.), New York (N.Y.), Rome (Italy), Régions tropicales, Scotland, South America, South Dakota, Switzerland, United States

People

Nancy Drew (Fictitious character)

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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