• Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest...
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  • the founder of the Syndicate, hired writers, beginning with Mildred Wirt (later Mildred Benson), to write the manuscripts for the Nancy Drew books. The writers...
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  • (1891–1977), French painter Mildred Benson (1905–2002), American author Mildred Edie Brady (1906–1965), American writer Mildred Bryant Brooks (1901–1995)...
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  • Penny Parker is the heroine of a series of 17 books written by Mildred Benson and published from 1939 through 1947. Penny is a high school student turned...
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    Susan Porter Helen Steiner Rice Alice Schille Louella Thompson 1993 Mildred Benson Amelia Bingham Virginia Coffey Viola Famiano Colombi Ivy Gunter Virginia...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Susan Porter Helen Steiner Rice Alice Schille Louella Thompson 1993 Mildred Benson Amelia Bingham Virginia Coffey Viola Famiano Colombi Ivy Gunter Virginia...
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  • to flesh them out. The best-known books were written primarily by Mildred Wirt Benson, all published under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Adams outlined...
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    Stratemeyer accordingly began writing plot outlines and hired Mildred Wirt, later Mildred Wirt Benson, to ghostwrite the first volumes in the series under the...
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    a less impulsive, less headstrong girl of Edward Stratemeyer's and Mildred Benson's vision, to a milder, more sedate and refined girl— "more sugar and...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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  • several people Mildred Benson (1905–2002), American writer Mykel Benson (born 1987), American football player Nicholas John Benson (born 1961), Ghanaian-American...
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    Anderson Mamie Eisenhower Phebe Sudlow Jean Adeline Morgan Wanatee 1994 Mildred Benson Lois Eichacker Gertrude Rush Evelyne Jobe Villines 1995 Sue M. Wilson...
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    Susan Porter Helen Steiner Rice Alice Schille Louella Thompson 1993 Mildred Benson Amelia Bingham Virginia Coffey Viola Famiano Colombi Ivy Gunter Virginia...
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  • Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Anderson Mamie Eisenhower Phebe Sudlow Jean Adeline Morgan Wanatee 1994 Mildred Benson Lois Eichacker Gertrude Rush Evelyne Jobe Villines 1995 Sue M. Wilson...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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  • thirtieth volume in the original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was Mildred Benson's final ghostwrite for the series. The plot and story take place largely...
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    Anderson Mamie Eisenhower Phebe Sudlow Jean Adeline Morgan Wanatee 1994 Mildred Benson Lois Eichacker Gertrude Rush Evelyne Jobe Villines 1995 Sue M. Wilson...
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    Susan Porter Helen Steiner Rice Alice Schille Louella Thompson 1993 Mildred Benson Amelia Bingham Virginia Coffey Viola Famiano Colombi Ivy Gunter Virginia...
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  • Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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  • Susan Porter Helen Steiner Rice Alice Schille Louella Thompson 1993 Mildred Benson Amelia Bingham Virginia Coffey Viola Famiano Colombi Ivy Gunter Virginia...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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    Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara...
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  • pseudonym. Adams assigned the series next to Mildred Benson, who was also writing the Nancy Drew series. Benson also did not particularly enjoy writing the...
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  • Bedford (born 1946) Josephine Bell (1897–1987) Margot Bennett (1912–1980) Mildred Benson (1905–2002) Laurien Berenson Carole Berry Lauren Beukes (born 1976)...
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