Adams, Harriet
Born: 1893 AD
Died: 1982 AD, at 89 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Authors, Novelists, Publishers
Died: 1982 AD, at 89 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Authors, Novelists, Publishers
1893 - Born in Newark, New Jersey.
1930 - Took over the Stratemeyer syndicate after the death of her father.
1953 - She become the new Carolyn Keene.
1965 - Found an assistant she deemed worthy to take into partnership. She was Nancy Axelrod, and graduated from Drew University.
1982 - Her death was lamented as the passing of "the real-life Carolyn Keene for more than half a century".
- The years of investigation finally broke the secrecy behind Carolyn Keene's identity. It was Mildred Augustine Wirt, now Mildred A. Wirt Benson who authored 22 of the first 25 volumes.
1930 - Took over the Stratemeyer syndicate after the death of her father.
1953 - She become the new Carolyn Keene.
1965 - Found an assistant she deemed worthy to take into partnership. She was Nancy Axelrod, and graduated from Drew University.
1982 - Her death was lamented as the passing of "the real-life Carolyn Keene for more than half a century".
- The years of investigation finally broke the secrecy behind Carolyn Keene's identity. It was Mildred Augustine Wirt, now Mildred A. Wirt Benson who authored 22 of the first 25 volumes.
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