bio notes:
born: 10/4/1862
died: 5/10/1930
born as: Edward Stratemeyer

American writer of popular juvenile fiction, whose Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate (1906-84) produced such books as the Rover Boys series, the Hardy Boys series, the Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins series, and the Nancy Drew series. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature