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Missing Millie Benson: The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist
Hardcover
Series: Biographies for Young Readers
ISBN13: 9780821421833
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: Sep 15 2015
Pages: 136
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Growing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred Millie Benson had ample time to develop her imagination and sense of adventure. While still a journalism graduate student at the University of Iowa, Millie began writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the phenomenally popular Hardy Boys series, among others. Soon, Millie was tapped for a new series starring amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, a young, independent woman not unlike Millie herself. Under the pen name Carolyn Keene, Millie wrote the first book, The Secret of the Old Clock, and twenty-two other Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. In all, Millie wrote more than a hundred novels for young people.
Millie was also a journalist for the Toledo Times and the Toledo Blade. At sixty-two, she obtained her pilot's license. Follow the clues throughout Missing Millie to discover the story of this ghostwriter, journalist, and adventurer.
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