Laura Lee Hope is a
pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
used by the
Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was a publishing company that produced a number of mystery book series for children, including Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others. They published and ...
for the
Bobbsey Twins
The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for 75 years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of American children's novels, written under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope. The first of 72 books was published in 1904, t ...
and several other series of children's novels. Actual writers taking up the pen of Laura Lee Hope include
Edward Stratemeyer
Edward L. Stratemeyer (; October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 ...
,
Howard and
Lilian Garis
Lilian C. Garis , born Lilian C. McNamara (20 October 1873 – 19 April 1954) was an American author who wrote hundreds of books of juvenile fiction between around 1915 and the early 1940s. Prior to this, she was the first female reporter for the ...
,
Elizabeth Ward,
Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams,
Andrew E. Svenson, June M. Dunn, Grace Grote and
Nancy Axelrad.
Laura Lee Hope was first used as a pseudonym in 1904 for the debut of the Bobbsey Twins.
Series
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The Bobbsey Twins'' (1904–1979)
*''The Outdoor Girls'' (23 vols. 1913–1933)
*''The Moving Picture Girls'' (7 vols. 1914–1916)
*''Bunny Brown'' (20 vols. 1916–1931)
*''Six Little Bunkers'' (14 vols. 1918–1930)
*''
Make Believe Stories'' (12 vols. c. 1920–1923)
*''Blythe Girls'' (12 vols. 1925–1932)
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Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonyms