Birth Name:

Mildred Benson

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, Jul 10, 1905

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Ladora, Iowa, United States

Age:

118

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

17°

Can

46'

About Mildred Benson

Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and author of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality. Benson wrote under the Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name, Carolyn Keene, from 1929 to 1947 and contributed to 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mysteries, which were bestsellers.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Works by Mildred Benson at Project Gutenberg

• Works by Mildred Benson at Faded Page (Canada)

• Works by or about Mildred Benson at Internet Archive

• Works by Mildred Benson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

• Guide to the Mildred Wirt Collection. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.

• The Mildred Wirt Benson Collection (archived): digitized scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs and other artifacts donated by Benson to The University of Iowa Libraries.

• The Mildred Wirt Benson Website: biography, book lists, photographs and more, at the NancyDrewSleuth.com archive.

• Who was Carolyn Keene? An interview with Mildred Wirt Benson, the original ghostwriter for the Nancy Drew mystery novels. (October 1999)

• The case of the girl detective With the passing of Nancy Drew's first author, the mystery of the teenage sleuth's true identity only deepens. (June 2002)

• The Storied Life of Millie Benson at WGTE-TV

• Mildred Benson at Find a Grave

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Mildred Benson: Sun 17 Cancer, Moon 1 Scorpio, Mercury 5 Leo, Venus 2 Gemini, Mars 11 Scorpio, Jupiter 28 Taurus, Saturn 2 Pisces, Uranus 1 Capricorn, Neptune 8 Cancer, Pluto 21 Gemini, Mercury Quincunx Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Square Pluto, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Quincunx Uranus, Mars Trine Neptune, Jupiter Square Saturn, Saturn Sextile Uranus

Categories related to Mildred Benson: Deaths from lung cancer, July 10 births, Ohio, Iowa, American childrens writers, University of Iowa alumni, 20th-century American journalists, 2002 deaths, American women journalists, Edgar Award winners, Journalists from Ohio, Women mystery writers, 20th-century American women, American women childrens writers, Deaths from cancer in Ohio, Agatha Award winners, Writers from Iowa, Writers from Toledo, People from Iowa County, 1905 births, Stratemeyer Syndicate