NEW YORK – She’s looking pretty good for 75. Nancy Drew (search), the "girl detective" who helped lead the way for strong female characters in pop culture, just had a birthday. And not only ...

The result, "Girl Sleuth," is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself. This review was first published in The Plain Dealer Sept. 25 ...

The character of Nancy Drew, a teenaged girl detective, was first introduced in a series of books in 1930, and she was played on screen in that era by Bonita Granville in B-movies that coarsened ...

But our favorite girl detective has survived it all — and more — and turns 90 years old today: The first three Nancy Drew books, “The Secret of the Old Clock,” “The Hidden Staircase ...

The 1920s Nancy Drew was a flapper, the ‘50s Nancy Drew was a good girl who did what she was told, ... “Hilde is not some little girl detective; she’s an investigative journalist.

Nancy Drew’s mother is dead. Like the mothers of fictional children from Oliver Twist to Harry Potter, she is dead so as to allow her child adventures no properly parented kid could possibly ...

Wonderful World of Disney, Nancy Drew The second hardcover book I ever owned was Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the something or other. I was mesmerized by Nancy and her heroism, even though I had n… ...

In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit, ready to restore a stolen inheritance to its rightful owner. Tied up by the villains, she managed ...

Nearly a century after she first appeared in print, girl-detective Nancy Drew is still thrilling young readers — and the original writer of the mystery series was an Iowa woman. Mildred ...

This year Nancy Drew turns 90-years-old. But instead of throwing her a well-deserved party, the writers behind Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys decided to kill off the beloved girl detective, leaving ...

Young Detectives of Nancy Drew and Chick Mallison are the topics of Aug. 18, noon, Museum Moments at the Union County Heritage Museum. Dr. Kate Stewart, Ph.D is the guest ...