Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her

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Label

Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her

Title remainder

Nancy Drew and the women who created her

Statement of responsibility

Melanie Rehak

Title variation

Nancy Drew and the women who created her

Creator

• Rehak, Melanie
• trueRehak, Melanie

Subject

• trueAdult books for young adults
• American fiction -- Women authors | History and criticism
• trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
• Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism
• Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
• trueDrew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
• Drew, Nancy, (Fictitious character)
• trueFiction -- Publishing
• trueGirls -- Books and reading
• Girls -- Books and reading -- United States
• Girls in literature
• trueHistory Writing -- Women's History
• Keene, Carolyn -- Characters
• Keene, Carolyn -- Characters | Nancy Drew
• trueKeene, Carolyn, (Publisher pseudonym) -- Characters | Nancy Drew
• trueMystery stories -- History and criticism
• trueSocial history
• trueStratemeyer Syndicate
• Stratemeyer Syndicate
• trueTeenage fiction -- History and criticism
• Teenage girls in literature
• trueTeenage girls in literature
• Teenagers in literature
• trueWirt, Mildred A., (Mildred Augustine), 1905- -- Characters | Nancy Drew
• Wirt, Mildred A., (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002 -- Characters
• Wirt, Mildred A., (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002 -- Characters | Nancy Drew
• Women and literature -- History
• Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueWomen and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueWomen authors, American -- 20th century
• Young adult fiction -- History and criticism
• Young adult fiction -- Publishing -- United States
• Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism
• Young adult fiction -- Publishing
• Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters
• trueAdams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters | Nancy Drew
• Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters | Nancy Drew

Genre

• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueHistory and criticism
• trueArts and Entertainment
• trueHistory Writing

Language

eng

Summary

Presents a comprehensive study of the two women behind the legendary "Nancy Drew" mystery books, and describes how the characters and her "author" Carolyn Keene were actually invented by Edward Stratemeyer, who also created the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueEngaging

Award

• Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction, 2005.
• Macavity Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2006.
• Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical, 2006.
• Amelia Bloomer List, 2006

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.52

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

• 1350
• 1350L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

LC call number

PS3545.I774

LC item number

Z874 2005

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1350

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult