[DOC] [TLE] Mildred Benson - Wikipedia [PAR] Mildred Benson. Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905  May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and author of children's books. She is best remembered for writing some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and for creating the detective's adventurous personality. [DOC] [TLE] Mildred Benson Is Dead at 96; Wrote 23 Nancy Drew Books - The ... [PAR] May 30, 2002 ... Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of first 30 Nancy Drew novels, dies at age 96; 
... But as the author of the very first one, ''The Secret of the Old Clock'' ... She left a 
writing sample and returned to the University of Iowa for graduate work. ... her 
own pseudonyms, as well as many books under her real name. [DOC] [TLE] Blade columnist, Nancy Drew author Millie Benson dies at age 96 ... [PAR] May 29, 2002 ... Blade columnist, Nancy Drew author Millie Benson dies at age 96 ... Published 
on May 29, 2002 ... Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, a newspaper reporter for 
more than eight ... She wrote the initial books in the series under the pen name .... 
first 25 of the Nancy Drew mystery stories, written under her famous... [DOC] [TLE] Mildred's Biography - The Nancy Drew Sleuth Unofficial Website [PAR] (nancydrewsleuth@aol.com) I am currently working on a biography of Millie. ... 
She was Mildred A. Wirt Bensonjournalist, writer, adventurer and most ... The 
mystery behind the ghostly pen name of Carolyn Keene and the legacy that 
Mildred Wirt Benson left ... Writing a full length book did not come easily to her at 
first. [DOC] [TLE] Nancy Drew ghostwriter and journalist Mildred Wirt Benson flew ... [PAR] Jul 14, 2015 ... Benson ghost-wrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books for the ... Jenn Fisher, an 
author, consultant, and president of the Nancy Drew Sleuths, met Benson in 2001
. ... Fisher, who is currently in the process of writing Benson's biography, ... her 
death in 2002, aged 96, and was at work on the day she died. [DOC] [TLE] Mildred Benson, 96; Author Gave Life to Nancy Drew - latimes [PAR] Author Mildred Wirt Benson en route to the first Nancy Drew conference in 1993, 
... May 30, 2002|MYRNA OLIVER | TIMES STAFF WRITER ... Benson died 
Tuesday in Toledo, Ohio, after becoming ill while writing her weekly ... The Nancy 
Drew books, as most women who read can tell you, are written by Carolyn Keene
. [DOC] [TLE] 'Who Is Carolyn Keene?' - latimes [PAR] Mar 28, 2010 ... The Nancy Drew books were written by ghost writers. Stratemeyer gave all of 
them the name Carolyn Keene. Who was the first Carolyn Keene? [DOC] [TLE] WOSU Presents Ohioana Authors | Mildred Wirt Benson (Carolyn ... [PAR] If the name Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson doesn't resonate with lay readers, ... 
was a prolific writer, having penned well over 100 juvenile series books between 
1927 ... Under contract with a syndicate for much of her career, she wrote many of 
... until her death at age 96, ghostwrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mysteries. [DOC] [TLE] Obituary: Mildred Wirt Benson | Books | The Guardian [PAR] May 30, 2002 ... Nancy Drew, the girl detective whose love of adventure and hatred of ... better 
known than her main creator, Mildred Wirt Benson, who has died aged 96. ... in 
New York under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, the author's real identity ... 
While writing the books she continued to work as a journalist, first for the... [DOC] [TLE] Mildred Benson : dfinition de Mildred Benson et synonymes de ... [PAR] Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905  May 28, 2002) was an American 
author of ... Writing under Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name Carolyn Keene from 
1929 to 1947, she contributed to 23 of the first 25 originally published Nancy 
Drew mysteries. ... "Mildred Benson Is Dead at 96; Wrote 23 Nancy Drew Books". [DOC] [TLE] Mildred Wirt Benson - IMDb [PAR] Mildred Wirt Benson, Writer: Nancy Drew. ... Writing

Question: Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at age 96, was the 1st author of the Nancy Drew books, written under this name
Answer: Carolyn Keene