Education
Wellesley College.
Wellesley College.
She wrote many books in the Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene) and a few in the Hardy Boys series (under the pseudonym Franklin West Dixon). She also oversaw other ghostwriters who wrote for these and many other series as a part of the
Edna ran the daily business operations, while Adams dealt with publishers and wrote. After Edna was married in 1942, she became inactive and Adams took over the entire business.
Adams is primarily credited with keeping the Syndicate afloat through the Great Depression, and with revising the two most popular series, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, in the 1950s and 1960s, removing stereotypes and outdated ideas and language.
She ran the syndicate for 52 years.