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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 sign of the twisted candles.

    First published in 1933 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1966 4 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 2011 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bonfiremasquerad00keen
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    First published in 1950 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1957 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition winkingrubymyste0000keen
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  • Cover of: Royal Revenge: Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys: Super Mystery #34

    First published in 1997 4 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1982 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1982 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1995 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1981 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition twindilemma00keen
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  • Cover of: SHOCK WAVES (NANCY DREW HARDY BOY SUPERMYSTERY 3): SHOCK WAVES (Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys Super Mystery Series)

    First published in 1989 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition shockwavesnancyd00caro
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    First published in 1961 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition mysteryoffiredra0000keen
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    First published in 1983 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1995 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Wings of fear: and, This side of evil

    First published in 1987 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition wingsoffear00keen Cover of edition wingsoffear0000keen
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    First published in 1987 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A Question of Guilt: Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys: Super Mystery #26

    First published in 1996 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Campus Ghost/The Ghost Dogs of Whispering Oaks/Blackbeard's Skull/The Ghost Jogger/The Curse of the Frog/The Greenhouse Ghost (Nancy Drew Ghost Stories 1, 27, 59, 89, 107 & 133)

    First published in 1983 4 editions in 1 language
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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, Mystery, Women detectives, 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

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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