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Missing Millie Benson - The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,070
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Missing Millie Benson - The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist (Hardcover): Julie K. Rubini

Missing Millie Benson - The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist (Hardcover)

Julie K. Rubini

Series: Biographies for Young Readers

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"Rubini frames the story as a mystery, asking why, despite Nancy Drew's fame, most people have never heard of Benson and tracking down clues and evidence to uncover more information about the life of this little-known author...VERDICT A solid option for those interested in the 'Nancy Drew' mysteries." -School Library JournalGrowing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred "Millie" Benson had ample time to develop her imagination, sense of adventure, and independence. Millie left her small hometown to attend the University of Iowa, where she became the first person to earn a master's degree from the school of journalism. While still a graduate student, Millie began writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the phenomenally popular Hardy Boys series, among many others. Soon, Edward Stratemeyer tapped Millie for a new series starring amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, a young, independent woman not unlike Millie herself. The syndicate paid its writers a flat fee for their work and published the books under pseudonyms. Under the pen name Carolyn Keene, Millie went on to write twenty-three of the first thirty books of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. In all, Millie wrote more than a hundred novels for young people under her own name and under pseudonyms. Millie was also a journalist for the Toledo (Ohio) Times and The Blade. At the age of sixty-two she obtained her pilot's license and combined her love of aviation with her passion for writing, sharing her travels and adventures with readers. Follow the clues throughout Missing Millie to solve the mysteries of this ghostwriter, journalist, and adventurer.

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Imprint: Ohio University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Biographies for Young Readers
Release date: September 2015
First published: 2015
Authors: Julie K. Rubini
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 978-0-8214-2183-3
Categories: Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > Writers, poets & dramatists
Books > Children's & Educational > Geography & environment > Geography > Human geography / peoples of the world > General
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LSN: 0-8214-2183-2
Barcode: 9780821421833

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