Edward Stratemeyer created Nancy Drew.
The first three books in the series: The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, and The Bungalow Mystery all debuted on April 28, 1930.
Carolyn Keene was a pseudonym for many ghostwriters over the years.
In the early books, Nancy often wore glamorous heels and fashionable frocks while chasing suspects, climbing ladders, and sleuthing for “ghosts” in secret passageways.
Nancy Drew never takes money for her detective work—she is an amateur detective after all!
Since 1930, Nancy Drew has solved over 500 cases! Pretty good for an 80 year old sleuth.
Nancy Drew packed heat—carrying her father Carson Drew’s revolver in two early mysteries— the 1930 text of The Hidden Staircase and the 1931 text of The Secret at Shadow Ranch (she shot a lynx.) In contrast, in the 1965 Nancy Drew book, The Spider Sapphire Mystery, when confronted with guns, Nancy and her pal George Fayne tossed them into a brook.
Some famous Nancy Drew fans include: Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O’Connor, First Lady Laura Bush, TV Personalities Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters, Mystery Authors Nancy Pickard, Sara Paretsky, P.M. Carlson, and Susan Kandel, plus Actresses Barbara Streisand, Emma Roberts, and Ellen Barkin.
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Compiled by Nancy Drew consultant, Jennifer Fisher, www.nancydrewsleuth.com
