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There are 56 original Nancy Drew mystery books written by Carolyn Keene published between 1930 and 1979.
There were 25 books written in this series which ran from 1995 to 1998.
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym used by several authors to write the Nancy Drew series. The original Nancy Drew books were written by Mildred Wirt Benson under the pen name Carolyn Keene. Benson wrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books. Subsequent books in the series were written by a variety of authors using the same pseudonym.
How many Fancy Nancy books have been published?
Nancy Farmer has written a total of nine books. Some of her well-known works include "The House of the Scorpion," "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm," and "A Girl Named Disaster."
There never was a person named Carolyn Keene. It was a "house name" for books by Edward Stratemeyer for the Nancy Drew books. He wrote the outline and then hired other people to write the books. Mildred Wirt Benson was the first house writer. There were others. This allowed Stratemeyer to publish books quickly. He had house writers for the Nancy Drew series, Hardy Boys and other series.
Some of the books were written by the same author from Nancy Drew. But both series have been written by a whole slew of different Ghost Writers, meaning they write in the series under the same Pen-name as the original author.
There are many well known books written by ghostwriters. Some of these famous works include the Nancy Drew Mysteries and 'Flowers in the Attic'. Also it is rumored that books by Stephen King and J.K. Rowling were written by ghostwriters.
Carolyn Keene is actually a pseudonym used by multiple authors for the Nancy Drew mystery series. The exact number of books Carolyn Keene has written is not known, as the series has been written by various authors since it began in 1930.
There is no Carolyn Keene. It was a "house name" by Edward Stratemeyer who wrote the outlines to the books. Then he hired a number of authors to write the books using his outline. There were 56 Nancy Drew books.
There were only 2 domesday books written
Mildred Wirt Benson holds the credit to being the primary writer of the Nancy Drew book series. She wrote the books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Harriet Adams is credited as the re-writer of the original books. Harriet added new titles to the rewrites.