biography
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Stratemeyer, Edward L
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pseudonyms include Arthur M Winfield, Horatio Alger Jr, Captain Ralph Bonehill, Nick Carter
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pronunciation:
[stratemiyer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1862–1930)
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| biography:
| Writer and book syndicate operator, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. He sold his first story in 1888, following this with a prolific output of juvenile fiction. In 1906 he founded the Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate in New York City. He supplied the characters, plots, and authors' pen names to a team of writers who over the years wrote more than 800 books under some 60 pseudonyms, including the ‘Tom Swift’ series (by Victor Appleton), the ‘Bobbsey Twins’ series (by Laura Lee Hope) and the ‘Hardy Boys’ series (by Franklin W Dixon). Stratemeyer himself probably wrote over 200 other books. After his death the syndicate was directed by his daughter, Harriet S Adams (?1893–1982). |
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