Melanie Rehak, Girl Sleuth, Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 6:30 PM
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Members' Room
Melanie Rehak's book Girl Sleuth solves the mysteries behind the hugely popular series, exploring the careers of Mildred Wirt Benson and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, who created Nancy Drew under the pen-name Carolyn Keene, and charting Nancy's progress from pulp heroine to American icon.