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Edward Stratemeyer | |
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| Born | October 4, 1862 Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States |
| Pen name | Victor Appleton, Ralph Bonehill, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Roy Rockwood and Arthur M. Winfield |
Edward Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862– May 10, 1930) was an American publisher and writer of children's fiction.
He is one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300[1] books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies,[2] and created the well-known fictional-book series for juveniles including The Rover Boys (starting in 1899), The Bobbsey Twins (starting in 1904), Tom Swift (starting in 1910), The Hardy Boys (starting in 1927), and the Nancy Drew (starting in 1930) series, among others.
Early life and education
He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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Career
In 1893, Stratemeyer was hired by the popular dime-novel writer Gilbert Patten to write for the Street & Smith publication Good News.[3]
He pioneered the book-packaging technique of producing long-running, consistent series of books using a team of freelance writers to write standardized books, which were published under a pen name owned by his company.
Through his Stratemeyer Syndicate, founded in 1906, Stratemeyer employed a massive number of editors, copy writers, stenographers, co-authors, and secretaries. With their help, he greatly contributed to a new genre of juvenile fiction.[4]
Death
Stratemeyer died at age 67 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey.
See also
- List of children's literature authors
- List of people from New Jersey
- List of people from New York City
- List of publishers
References
- Notes
- ^ Omnibus II (2005). Veritas Press. p. 148.
- ^ Omnibus II (2005). Veritas Press, p. 148.
- ^ John A. Dinan in Sports in the Pulp Magazines (via Google Books). p. 66 (1998).
- ^ Omnibus II (2005). Veritas Press. p. 148.
- Sources
- O'Rourke, Meghan (November 8, 2004). "Nancy Drew's Father– The Fiction Factory of Edward Stratemeyer". The New Yorker. pp. 120-129.
Further reading
- Loh, Sandra Tsing (October 2005). "The Secret of the Old Saw– Nancy Drew Has Two Mommies". The Atlantic Retrieved February 11, 2012. (A book review of Rehak, Melania (2005). Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt. ISBN 978-0151010417.)
External links
- Colonial Series by Edward Stratemeyer at Gask Castle Press
- stratemeyer.org, a fansite on the Stratemeyer Syndicate
- Works by Edward Stratemeyer at Project Gutenberg
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