As part of their Biographies for Young People series, the Ohio University Press is coming out with a book for kids 8 and older on Millie Benson, ghostwriter of 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books. The book, "Missing Millie Benson" is written by Julie K. Rubini and comes out in September--here's a blurb:
Growing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred “Millie” Benson had ample time to develop her imagination, sense of adventure, and independence. Millie left her small hometown to attend the University of Iowa, where she became the first person to earn a master’s degree from the school of journalism. While still a graduate student, Millie began writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the phenomenally popular Hardy Boys series, among many others. Soon, Edward Stratemeyer tapped Millie for a new series starring amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, a young, independent woman not unlike Millie herself. The syndicate paid its writers a flat fee for their work and published the books under pseudonyms. Under the pen name Carolyn Keene, Millie went on to write twenty-three of the first thirty books of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. In all, Millie wrote more than a hundred novels for young people under her own name and under pseudonyms.
Millie was also a journalist for the Toledo (Ohio) Times and The Blade. At the age of 62 she obtained her pilot’s license and combined her love of aviation with her passion for writing, sharing her travels and adventures with readers.
Follow the clues throughout Missing Millie to solve the mysteries of this ghostwriter, journalist, and adventurer.
Millie was also a journalist for the Toledo (Ohio) Times and The Blade. At the age of 62 she obtained her pilot’s license and combined her love of aviation with her passion for writing, sharing her travels and adventures with readers.
Follow the clues throughout Missing Millie to solve the mysteries of this ghostwriter, journalist, and adventurer.
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