Nancy herself got an update in the series revision. She began to wear fewer hats and gloves and favored loafers over heels. Even her age changed, from 16 to 18 — now the legal age to drive. In addition to writing and editing, Adams spent her time caring for her four children and was known locally as a dedicated Sunday school teacher.
Her family spent weekends and holidays at a farm they owned in Tewksbury. Over the years, several newspapers had outed Benson as a ghostwriter for the series, but perhaps because they were local newspapers, the secret never really got out. Benson, who never collected royalties from any books, movies, games or anything else that had been associated with the brand, then began speaking up in the media herself.
Benson gave a powerful testimony that was covered by national media. And for the next 20 years, until her death in , reporters and scholars would herald her as the original Carolyn Keene. But Adams and her family also share much of that credit.
Adams continued to write and lecture until her death in All in all, Nancy Drew has sold more than 70 million copies and spawned spinoff series, not to mention numerous movie and TV reboots. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.
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To redeem, copy and paste the code during the checkout process. See Account Overview. George Edward Stanley appears to have been the final author on the main series. As well as writing new books in the Nancy Drew series, Harriet did indeed rewrite the earlier books to update them, giving them a modern to the time setting, an aged-up Nancy from 16 to 18 , and various other details so they would match the new books in the series.
The rewrites began in and occurred concurrently with new books in the series. The publication of the Hardy Boys books followed much the same process as would be used for Nancy Drew, and the majority of the original Hardy Boys books were ghostwritten by Leslie McFarlane. I also strongly recommend looking through the sources listed on the Nancy Drew wikipedia page. As a young reader, I absolutely adored Nancy Drew, the intrepid sixteen-year-old high school graduate who solved mysteries.
My friends and I all wanted to be more like Nancy: smart, brave, and independent. In particular, I admired the way she would sometimes do her detective work wearing sensible pants. It had been donated to my old school's used book sale, and enjoyed by another local family, the Machons, who noticed that I'd signed my name on the inside cover.
She's one of the heroes we write about in "The Book of Gutsy Women. And check out Nancy Drew swag in the Book Riot store!
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