Harriet Adams
| Harriet Stratemeyer Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Harriet Stratemeyer December 11, 1892 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
| Died | March 27, 1982 (aged 89) Bedminster Township, New Jersey |
| Pen name | Carolyn Keene |
| Occupation | novelist, publisher |
| Genres | juvenile mystery fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Nancy Drew series |
Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (December 11, 1892 – March 27, 1982) was an American juvenile mystery novelist and publisher who authored some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote many books in the Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene) and a few in the Hardy Boys series (under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon). She also oversaw other ghostwriters who wrote for these and many other series.
She was born in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Edward Stratemeyer. With her sister, Edna, she took over control of the Stratemeyer 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revising the two most popular series, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, in the 1950s and 1960s, removing stereotypes and outdated ideas and language.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 in Maplewood, New Jersey, and in Pottersville, New Jersey, an area within Bedminster Township.[1]
Adams was interred in Fairmount Cemetery in Newark.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Chira, Susan. "Harriet Adams Dies. Nancy Drew Author Wrote Over 200 Novels", The New York Times, March 29, 1982. Accessed October 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."
- ^ Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, Find A Grave. Accessed August 23, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Biography by Stratemeyer's granddaughter
- Harriet Adams at the Internet Book List
- Harriet Adams at the Internet Book Database of Fiction
- BBC.co.uk - Franklin W. Dixon
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- 1892 births
- 1982 deaths
- American children's writers
- American mystery writers
- Burials at Fairmount Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey)
- Female authors who wrote under male or gender-neutral pseudonyms
- People from Maplewood, New Jersey
- People from Newark, New Jersey
- People from Somerset County, New Jersey
- Stratemeyer Syndicate
- Wellesley College alumni
- Writers from New Jersey
- American novelist, 19th century birth stubs
