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3 unusual facts about Carolyn Keene


Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill

One book, for example, is called "Who to Believe?" and is written by Carolyn Keene, pseudonym of Mildred Benson, writer of the original yellow hardcover ND mysteries.

The Kachina Doll Mystery

It was first published in 1981 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.

The Secret at Shadow Ranch

It was first published in 1931 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, and was ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt Benson.


Mildred Benson

Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 30 originally published Nancy Drew mysteries.


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