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Carolyn Keene is a pen name for a lady named Mildred Wirt Benson. She was the original ghostwriter for the Nancy Drew mysteries. Since then, there have been several other ghostwriters for the series. Carolyn Keene isn't just one person.

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Where did Carolyn Keene grew up at?

Carolyn Keene is a pseudonym used by several authors who wrote the Nancy Drew mystery series. The identity of the original Carolyn Keene is not definitively known, but it is commonly believed to have been the syndicate of authors who wrote the early books.


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Carolyn Keene is the collective pseudonym used by the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery series, originally created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer. Many different writers have written under the Carolyn Keene pen name over the years.


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Why did Carolyn Keene write the Nancy Drew books?

I hate to disappoint you, but like many juvenile fiction writers, Carolyn Keene (also spelled Keane) is a pseudonym. There were several writers involved in the Nancy Drew novels. The same applied to the Hardy Boys ( Franklin W.Dixon was a wartime governor of Alabama-certainly not a juvenile detective writer. they used a variety of authors. one notes there is never a capsule biography ( About the writer) in the back of the book or in the introduction or flyleaf! This was a common practice with juvenile literature as it was felt the use of a one-author front would cement reader loyalty and the kids would not be smart enough to see different hands behind the typewriter. This was a common (Scam) in juvenile literature. Oddly enough a multitude of script writers and cartoonists churn out such materials as say Flintstones, and there is no identity crisis, so to speak) but with books evidentally there was. it would look a bit odd to have Nancy Drew and the White Russian codebook ( a title I made up) and accredited to (writers project of the KGB) wouldn"t go over very well, Nyet? It should be stated there were several writers involved- quite differing styles- in the (Tom Swift)Modern (Tom Swift Jr) science fiction novels all which espoused the one-man in ventive and adventure show. The author of say the (megascope space prober- which had a homosexual separation-angst subplot and the one about the Green Orb- a most intriguing and really sci-fi extraterrestrial life form almost certainly were by different writers. One was way ahead, light years- of the other.


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Carolyn Blaylock has written: 'For All Your Dreams and Wishes' 'Seasons in Our Family' 'Ribbons of Rainbows' 'Gather Up the Memories'


Is Nancy drew real?

No, Nancy Drew is a made up character in a book series written by Carolene Keene. (Interesting fact: Carolene Keene's name is actually Mildred W. Benson.) (: Samtacular™


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