Edward Stratemeyer
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| Edward Stratemeyer | |
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| Born | Edward L. Stratemeyer October 4, 1862 Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | May 10, 1930 (aged 67) |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery Hillside, New Jersey, United States 40°41′33″N 74°12′40″W / 40.6925°N 74.211°W |
| Pen name | Victor Appleton, Ralph Bonehill, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Roy Rockwood and Arthur M. Winfield |
| Occupation | Publisher and writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Children's fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Creator of the book series: • The Bobbsey Twins • Bomba, the Jungle Boy • The Colonial Series • The Dana Girls • Dave Dashaway • Don Sturdy • The Hardy Boys • Jack Ranger • Nancy Drew • The Rover Boys • Tom Swift |
Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.
He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300[1] books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies,[2] and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys (starting in 1899), The Bobbsey Twins (starting in 1904), Tom Swift (starting in 1910), The Hardy Boys (starting in 1927), and the Nancy Drew (starting in 1930) series, among others.
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Early life and education [edit]
He was born in [Elizabeth New Jersey|Elizabeth]], New Jersey.
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Career [edit]
In 1893, Stratemeyer was hired by the popular dime-novel writer Gilbert Patten to write for the Street & Smith publication Good News.[3]
He pioneered the book-packaging technique of producing a consistent, long-running, series of books using a team of freelance writers. All of the books in the series used the same characters in similar situations. All of the free lance writers were published under a pen name owned by his company.
Through his Stratemeyer Syndicate, founded in 1906, Stratemeyer employed a massive number of editors, copy writers, stenographers, co-authors, and secretaries. With their help, he greatly contributed to a new genre of juvenile fiction.[4]
Death [edit]
Stratemeyer died at age 68 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey.[5]
See also [edit]
- List of children's literature authors
- List of people from New Jersey
- List of people from New York City
- List of publishers
References [edit]
- Notes
- ^ Omnibus II (2005). Veritas Press. p. 148.
- ^ Omnibus II (2005). Veritas Press, p. 148.
- ^ John A. Dinan in Sports in the Pulp Magazines (via Google Books). p. 66 (1998).
- ^ Omnibus II (2005). Veritas Press. p. 148.
- ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2950
- Sources
- O'Rourke, Meghan (November 8, 2004). "Nancy Drew's Father – The Fiction Factory of Edward Stratemeyer". The New Yorker. pp. 120–129.
Further reading [edit]
- Loh, Sandra Tsing (October 2005). "The Secret of the Old Saw – Nancy Drew Has Two Mommies". The Atlantic Retrieved February 11, 2012. (A book review of Rehak, Melania (2005). Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-15-101041-7.)
External links [edit]
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- Colonial Series by Edward Stratemeyer at Gask Castle Press
- stratemeyer.org, a fansite on the Stratemeyer Syndicate
- Works by Edward Stratemeyer at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edward Stratemeyer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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- Burials in New Jersey
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