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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson

American author

Also known as: Carolyn Keene

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Hardy Boys

In Hardy Boys
…Dixon and the likewise pseudonymous Carolyn Keene were responsible for another series, The Nancy Drew–Hardy Boys Super Mysteries, which featured the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew working together. The brothers were also teamed relatively briefly with Tom Swift (two books, 1992, 1993) and appeared in a series for younger readers…
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Nancy Drew

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…Old Clock (1930), written by Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, was followed by four additional Nancy Drew Mystery Stories that same year and some 170 novels in the following 70 years. The Mystery series ended in 2003, but later series included The Nancy Drew Files (1986–97), Nancy Drew (All New) Girl…
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