The Stratemeyer clan -- Mildred -- Alma Mater -- Hawkeye days -- Nell Cody, Helen Hale, Diana Dare -- Nancy Drew Land -- Syndicate for sale -- An unfortunate break; or, the Cleveland writer comes into ...

Maggie Lawson believes she was born to play Nancy Drew. It would sound corny coming from anyone other than the ebullient Lawson, a Louisville, Ky., native who unapologetically admits she sees the good ...

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Mildred Wirt Benson, the author who created Nancy Drew, girl sleuth, and inspired generations of young women with the teen-age heroine's spunk, independence and resourcefulness, has ...

This summer's Nancy Drew is a teenage goody-goody adrift in contemporary Los Angeles. She's just the latest version of the titian-haired sleuth, following close on the heels of the character Simon & ...