Nancy Drew & Mildred Wirt Benson:
A Mystery Revealed
The original “Carolyn Keene,” nom de plume for the continuingly popular Nancy Drew mystery series, was “nobody’s sweet grandma.” She was Mildred A. Wirt Benson, a feisty, adventurous spirit. A career newspaperwoman, she set the standard for the enduring heroine that many fondly remember and still read today.

Time and the Tesseract:
The Books of Madeleine L’Engle
L’Engle’s Newbery award-winning A Wrinkle in Time and the Time Quartet that it spawned are landmark novels that helped transform two genres: Science Fiction/Fantasy and Young Adult Fiction. But L’Engle’s children’s books represent only one aspect of the work of this prolific author.

Ten Years Ago
Carson McCullers

Books into Film
The Three Godfathers