About
Nancy Drew is the protagonist of several series of children’s mystery novels, written under the house name of Carolyn Keene . The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which produced not only Nancy Drew, but also The Hardy Boys , Tom Swift , the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys and more series. Nancy began as a 16 year-old high school grad, but was later aged two years. Her hometown is River Heights , where she lives with her father, an attorney named Carson Drew and their housekeeper, Hannah Gruen. Nancy often has to travel abroad to solve some of her mysteries, but never accepts any sort of payment. Many of the other details of the character have changed over the 80+ years the since character was originally conceived.
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