TOLEDO, Ohio -- Millie Benson's desk doesn't stand out from any others in the newsroom. Tucked away in a corner, it is cluttered with papers and books. The original author of the Nancy Drew mystery ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The author who inspired generations of girls with the daring and smarts of her trailblazing sleuth Nancy Drew has died at age 96. Mildred Wirt Benson wrote 23 of the 30 original ...

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Millie Benson's desk doesn't stand out from any of the others in the newsroom. Tucked away in a corner, it is cluttered with papers and books. The original author of the Nancy Drew ...

Nancy Drew debuted 90 years ago, but the fictional teen sleuth is still alive and sleuthing. Well, she was, until a new comic series seemingly killed her off. Other WRAL Top Stories She's the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio - Mildred Wirt Benson, the author who created Nancy Drew, girl sleuth, and inspired generations of young women with the teen-age heroine's spunk, independence and resourcefulness, has ...

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Pamela Sue Martin, TV's original Nancy Drew, has passed the torch to the actress playing the latest incarnation of the teenage sleuth. Martin will appear on The CW's remake that blends mystery, ...

Kennedy McMann is in the rare position of ending one series run while possibly starting another. The actress begins the end of her tenure as television’s “Nancy Drew” when the supernatural-infused ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Mildred Wirt Benson, the author who created Nancy Drew, girl sleuth, and inspired generations of young women with the teen-age heroine's spunk, independence and resourcefulness, has ...