It was the beginning of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. At the start, the authors were paid $125 per book, surrendered all rights to the intellectual property and maintained confidentiality.Ĭarolyn Keene’s first novel was The Secret of the Old Clock, which was published in 1930. Read reviews and buy The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears - (Nancy Drew on Campus) by Carolyn Keene (Paperback) at Target. Other authors who would later use the house name include Harriet Stratemeyer, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, Nancy Axelrad, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., Margaret Scherf, and Susan Wittig Albert. 50, Double Jinx Mystery, The, Keene, Carolyn. Wirt, who wrote the first Nancy Drew books. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Camp Fire Stories, Keene, Carolyn. The house name was created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate (the same group responsible for the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys, the Bobbsey Twins and more) and is most associated with Mildred A.

The first book in the series, Double Crossing was published in June of 1988.

Carolyn Keene is the house name of authors who wrote children’s novels, including all of the various the Nancy Drew series as well as the Dana Girls and River Heights series. Nancy Drew (Series) Carolyn Keene Author (2013) The Quest of the Missing Map.

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