It is strange that the article failed to mention that Mildred Wirt Benson
also wrote the Hardy Boys and the Bobbsey Twins books under different
pseudonyms.  I believe there may have been other series as well.

Wirt Atmar went to some pains to make it clear that she and he share the
same middle name.  Was she a relative of yours, Wirt?

-----Original Message-----
From: Connie Sellitto [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT: Nancy Drew


Wirt wrote:
>Because it's been exceptionally quiet on the list today, I might as well
add
>this brief note, for what it's wirt:
>
>=======================================
>
>Mildred Wirt Benson, Author of Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dies at 96
>
>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>Filed at 4:20 p.m. ET
>
>TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Mildred Wirt Benson, the author who created Nancy
Drew,
>girl sleuth, and inspired generations of young women with the teen-age
>heroine's spunk, independence and resourcefulness, has died at 96.
>

  <snip>

I realize I'm dating myself, but I can recall my fist Nancy Drew mystery -
Sign of the Twisted Candles, which I found in my Grandmother's attic - in
the old blue binding...  Loved it then, just repurchased a copy on Ebay
about 6 months ago, with several others.   Interesting note - in the lot
were 2 copies of the same title - one older 'blue' and one 1960's vintage -
with the pictures on the cover.  One of the characters in the original was
a girl named 'Sadie' - in the newer edition, her name had been changed to
'Carol'.

Great stories - passed some along to my 14-yr old niece, after explaining
that a 'roadster' was sort of like a sports car!


Connie Sellitto
Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc.
World's Largest Registry of Pedigreed Cats

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