The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: nancy-drew

  • The Stratemeyer Syndicate: Comparing the 1930 and 1959 Editions of Nancy Drew #1: The Secret of the Old Clock

    Many readers who have long since forgotten plots and even titles can still conjure up the distinctive branded covers of the most famous Stratemeyer Syndicate series: pale lavender for the Bobbsey Twins, a deep vivid blue for the Hardy Boys, and bright yellow for Nancy Drew. None of these, however, are the original 1920s to…

  • Nancy Drew Enters the Public Domain

    Ninety-five years after their original publication, the first four Nancy Drew novels (all published in 1930) have just entered the public domain in the United States. Without having glanced at them in more than four decades, I can still picture all of the covers and conjure up some plot details from The Secret of the…