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  <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">99</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">52</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.

Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred A. Wirt Benson, who breathed such a fiesty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.

Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of &quot;Carolyn Keene&quot; passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Russell H. Tandy]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1649736]]></link>
    </author>
        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Sara Paretsky]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1649737]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.88</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4015</ratings_count>
  <published>1930</published>  
  
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        <book id="233637">
  <title><![CDATA[The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3862</ratings_count>
  <published>1930</published>  
  
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        <book id="101001">
  <title><![CDATA[The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew, #5)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6001.Carolyn_Keene]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2285</ratings_count>
  <published>1931</published>  
  
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        <book id="48764">
  <title><![CDATA[The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew, #4)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6001.Carolyn_Keene]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2168</ratings_count>
  <published>1930</published>  
  
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        <book id="156979">
  <title><![CDATA[The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew, #3)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6001.Carolyn_Keene]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2155</ratings_count>
  <published>1930</published>  
  
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        <book id="860560">
  <title><![CDATA[The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, #11)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6001.Carolyn_Keene]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1918</ratings_count>
  <published>1934</published>  
  
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        <book id="117645">
  <title><![CDATA[The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Nancy Drew, #9)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1833</ratings_count>
  <published>1933</published>  
  
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        <book id="48562">
  <title><![CDATA[The Secret in the Old Attic (Nancy Drew, #21)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6001.Carolyn_Keene]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.88</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1781</ratings_count>
  <published>1944</published>  
  
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        <book id="631097">
  <title><![CDATA[The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew, #12)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1659</ratings_count>
  <published>1935</published>  
  
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        <book id="32978">
  <title><![CDATA[The Clue in the Diary (Nancy Drew, #7)]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Keene]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6001.Carolyn_Keene]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.88</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1622</ratings_count>
  <published>1932</published>  
  
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