Edward Stratemeyer was a prolific author with about 160 of his stories being published as books. He was also a literary agent and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book packager which produced some 1,400 juvenile series book volumes between 1905 and 1985. When he died in 1930, ownership of his Syndicate passed to his daughters who ran it together for twelve years. After 1942, Harriet S. Adams ran it alone with partners and hired assistants until her own death in 1982.
He is the creator of Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, and many other famous children's series.
