Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew is the heroine of a popular mystery series for girls. Edward, who created the character and series in 1930, Edna and, primarily, Harriet Stratemeyer (Adams) wrote all of the first Nancy Drew stories over the years until the 1980s. Authors were hired by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to fill-in the Stratemeyer family written plots for their mystery stories, under their direction, under the pseudonym of Carolyn Keene. Mildred Benson was one of the Syndicate hired authors who fleshed-out 25 of the Stratemeyer family stories for the first books in the series.

Over 200 million have been sold worldwide. Many folks collect the series which has gone through several formats over the years.

A list of Nancy Drew books:

• The Secret of the Old Clock[?]
• The Hidden Staircase[?]
• The Bungalow Mystery
• The Mystery at Lilac Inn[?]
• The Secret at Shadow Ranch[?]
• The Secret of Red Gate Farm[?]
• The Clue in the Diary[?]
• Nancy's Mysterious Letter[?]
• The Sign of the Twisted Candles[?]
• The Password to Larkspur Lane[?]
• The Clue of the Broken Locket[?]
• The Message in the Hollow Oak[?]
• The Mystery of the Ivory Charm[?]
• The Whispering Statue[?]
• The Haunted Bridge[?]
• The Clue of the Tapping Heels[?]
• The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk[?]
• The Mystery of the Moss Covered Mansion[?]
• The Quest of the Missing Map[?]
• The Clue in the Jewel Box[?]
• The Secret in the Old Attic[?]
• The Clue in the Crumbling Wall[?]
• The Mystery of the Tolling Bell[?]
• The Clue in the Old Album[?]
• The Ghost of Blackwood Hall[?]
• The Clue of the Leaning Chimney[?]
• The Secret of the Wooden Lady[?]
• The Clue of the Black Keys[?]
• The Mystery at the Ski Jump[?]
• The Clue of the Velvet Mask[?]
• The Ringmaster's Secret[?]
• The Scarlet Slipper Mystery[?]
• The Witch Tree Symbol[?]
• The Hidden Window Mystery[?]
• The Haunted Showboat[?]
• The Secret of the Golden Pavilion[?]
• The Clue in the Old Stagecoach[?]
• The Mystery of the Fire Dragon[?]
• The Clue of the Dancing Puppet[?]
• The Moonstone Castle Mystery[?]
• The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes[?]
• The Phantom of Pine Hill[?]
• The Mystery of the 99 Steps[?]
• The Clue in the Crossword Cipher[?]
• The Spider Sapphire Mystery[?]
• The Invisible Intruder[?]
• The Mysterious Mannequin[?]
• The Crooked Banister[?]
• The Secret of Mirror Bay[?]
• The Double Jinx Mystery[?]
• Mystery of the Glowing Eye[?]
• The Secret of the Forgotten City[?]
• The Sky Phantom[?]
• Strange Message in the Parchment[?]
• Mystery of Crocodile Island[?]
• The Thirteenth Pearl[?]

Actress Bonita Granville[?] portrayed the character of Nancy Drew in four movies in the 1930s. A television series called The Hardy Boys[?] Nancy Drew Mysteries appeared on television in the 1970s, and another, brief series appeared in 1995.