Sharon Blythe Wagner (born 1936) is an American author of more than 60 mystery, Gothic romance, and young adult fiction titles.
She wrote five titles
in the
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
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series under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Wagner's Nancy Drew titles are ''
The Kachina Doll Mystery'' (1981), ''
The Elusive Heiress'' (1982), ''
The Broken Anchor'' (1983), ''
The Emerald-Eyed Cat'' (1984), and ''
The Eskimo's Secret'' (1985).
Wagner was born in
Wallace, Idaho
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,
grew up in
Cut Bank, Montana
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and lives in
Mesa, Arizona
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.
Wagner began publishing in approximately 1965. After writing scores of magazine short stories, ''
Prairie Wind'' (1968), illustrated by friend and neighbor
Rita Warner
Rita may refer to:
People
* Rita (given name)
* Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
* Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
* Rita (Japanese singer)
* Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita
Places
* Djarrit, also known as Rita, ...
, was her first full-length book.
Under her own name, Wagner also authored the Gypsy series of mysteries. The action is set on a Western ranch. ''Horse Illustrated'' called ''
Gypsy from Nowhere
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'' one of the 30 best "horse books."
Wagner has also published under the names Casey Stephens, M.E. Cooper, Ann Sheldon, Blythe Stephens, and Blythe Bradley.
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1936 births
American women novelists
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American women writers
American children's writers
Writers from Arizona
Living people