Order of River Heights Books
River Heights is a series of young adult romance novels by Carolyn Keene. River Heights is a spin-off of the Nancy Drew series. The series is set in Nancy Drew’s hometown, River Heights (a fictional town), and involves Nancy’s friends who are dealing with their own “mysteries,” such as boys and the various events in an ordinary teenage girl’s life. (more…)
Order of Dana Girls Books
The Dana Girls is a series of YA mystery novels written under the house name of Carolyn Keene and created by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Jean and Louise Dana are teenage amateur sleuths who are attending a boarding school called the Starhurst School for Girls, where they solve mysteries. (more…)
Order of Nancy Drew Books
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. (more…)
Order of Carolyn Keene Books
Carolyn Keene is the house name of authors who wrote children’s novels, including all of the various the Nancy Drew series as well as the Dana Girls and River Heights series. The house name was created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate (the same group responsible for the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys, the Bobbsey Twins and more) and is most associated with Mildred A. Wirt, who wrote the first Nancy Drew books. Other authors who would later use the house name include Harriet Stratemeyer, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, Nancy Axelrad, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., Margaret Scherf, and Susan Wittig Albert. At the start, the authors were paid $125 per book, surrendered all rights to the intellectual property and maintained confidentiality. (more…)
Order of Kristina Ohlsson Books
Kristina Ohlsson is a Swedish novelist of Scandinavian crime fiction. She writes the Fredrika Bergman series. Kristina is a political scientist who has worked for the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), Swedish Security Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Swedish National Defence College. Kristina lives in Stockholm, Sweden. (more…)
Order of Swindle Mysteries Books
The Swindle Mysteries series is a series of children’s adventure novels by Canadian-American novelist Gordon Korman. The series follows sixth grader Griffin Bing and his group of friends on various heist-related adventures. (more…)
Order of On The Run Books
On the Run is a series of children’s adventure novels by Canadian-American author Gordon Korman The series follows two children named Aiden and Meg Falconer, who attempt to clear the names of their parents, while at the same time being pursued by authorities themselves. The characters’ story continues into Korman’s Kidnapped trilogy. (more…)
Order of NFL Monday Night Football Club Books
NFL Monday Night Football Club is a series of children’s sports novels by Canadian-American author Gordon Korman. The premise of the series involves a football jersey that allows kids to switch places with football stars in the middle of NFL Monday Night Football games. The series was adapted into the Disney Channel series The Jersey, which ran from January 1999 until March 2004. (more…)
Order of Macdonald Hall Books
Macdonald Hall is a series of young adult novels by Canadian-American novelist Gordon Korman. The series is set in a boys’ boarding school called MacDonald Hall, located just outside of Toronto. The main characters are Bruno Walton and Melvin “Boots” O’Neal, who enjoy stirring up trouble in their school and for the headmaster, William R. Sturgeon (aka “The Fish”). The series is also known as Bruno and Boots. (more…)
Order of Gordon Korman Books
Gordon Korman is a Canadian-American author of young adult and children’s novels. He is the author of the Macdonald Hall (aka Bruno and Boots), Swindle Mysteries and On the Run. He has also contributed to the multi-author 39 Clues series. Korman was born in Montreal and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario (outside of Toronto). He moved to the United States in order to attend New York University, where he earned his B.A. in 1985. Gordon lives in Long Island, New York with his wife and three children. (more…)