Nancy drew books

A spinoff, the Nancy Drew Files , ran concurrently from to Launched in , the series ended in Mildred Wirt Benson is credited with writing 23 of the first 30 novels in the series. Other authors contributed as well, but in , Edward Stratemeyer 's daughter, Harriet Adams , began rewriting the earlier books in the series, sometimes substituting entirely new plots while retaining the same title.

In the Harriet Adams revisions, Nancy is depicted as a less impulsive, less headstrong girl of Stratemeyer and Mildred's vision, to a milder, more sedate and refined girl— "more sugar and less spice", with an extensive wardrobe and a more charitable outlook.

Nancy drew book 1

Perceived racial stereotypes — and, arguably, characters of color period — were omitted. Action increased significantly and became faster-paced. Greater developmental detail was given to Nancy and her home. Titles from 57, The Triple Hoax , were thereafter published primarily in paperback. Limited numbers of hardback editions are also known to have been produced, mostly for libraries.

Beginning in , the titles were presented in set cover format referred to as the "Arch" design, with sixteen covers drawn by Ruth Sanderson. Twenty-two titles were also reprinted under the Wanderer imprint in a new "checkerboard" design before the series moved, from 79 on, to the new Minstrel imprint, whereupon they received still newer covers in the "checkerboard" design.

Revision of all titles through 34 began in These books feature increasingly contemporary cover illustrations and some books have multiple versions of the cover art. These republications went out of print in The book was later revised to eliminate The Triple Hoax.