Author: Alma Benecke Sasse
Alternate names: Alma Sasse; Carolyn Keene
Born: 26 January 1893
Died: 1967
Bio: Alma Beneke Sasse was born in Brunswick, Missouri, to Dora and Frederick Sasse. She attended Vassar from 1911-12, and then the University of Missouri until her graduation in 1915. Sasse was active in the suffragist movement and published *A Hand Book for Republican Women* (1920). Alma went on to publish *The Mystery of the Chinese Box* (1939) and *Terry Carvel’s Theater Caravan* (1943), both of which are set in the Pacific Northwest. Alma was also a Carolyn Keene ghostwriter and wrote the Nancy Drew book *The Mystery at the Ski Jump* (1952). She lived in Seattle, Washington.

Source: [Amanda Arkebauer](https://www.amandaarkebauer.com/nancydrew/articles/2017/terry-carvels-theater-caravan.php)