- Harriet Adams
Harriet Adams (
December 11 1892 inNewark, New Jersey as Harriet Stratemeyer –March 27 ,1982 ) was an American juvenile mysterynovelist andpublisher who authored some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote many books in the "Nancy Drew " series and a few in the "Hardy Boys " series under thepseudonym sCarolyn Keene andFranklin W. Dixon . She also oversaw other ghostwriters who wrote for these and many other series. She was the daughter ofEdward Stratemeyer and, with her sister Edna, took over control of theStratemeyer Syndicate upon his death in 1930. Adams is primarily credited with keeping the Syndicate afloat through the Great Depression, and with revising the two most popular series, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, in the 1950s and 1960s, removing stereotypes and outdated ideas and language.Adams graduated from
Wellesley College in 1914. She resided inMaplewood, New Jersey , and inPottersville, New Jersey , an area within Bedminster Township. [Chira, Susan. [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F10C14F83F5D0C7A8EDDAA0894DA484D81 "Harriet Adams Dies. Nancy Drew Author Wrote Over 200 Novels"] , "The New York Times ",March 29 ,1982 . AccessedOctober 7 ,2007 . "Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, who wrote nearly 200 children's books including many of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, died Saturday evening. She was 89 years old, and lived in Pottersville and Maplewood, N.J."]Adams was interred in Fairmount Cemetery in Newark. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14302158 Harriet Stratemeyer Adams] ,
Find A Grave . AccessedAugust 23 ,2007 .]References
External links
* [http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/ucnancydrew2a.htm Biography by Stratemeyer's granddaughter]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1038791 BBC.co.uk - Franklin W. Dixon]
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