Forget Nancy Drew, I was trapped inside a bad French farce.

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

— Sarah Vowell

“He was still a mystery to me. And God, did I want to play Nancy Drew.”

— Cora Carmack

“I was supposed to be Nancy Drew, and instead I was Nancy Draw-the-blinds-and-put-it-in-me. Wait, what?”

— R.S. Grey

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

— Chelsea Cain

“books: Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, Encyclopedia Brown, and later, anything with even a passing mention of sex in it: Judy Blume’s Are You…

— Ivan E. Coyote

We didn't think the library was funny looking in it's faux- Greek splendor, nor did we find the cuisine limited or bland, or the…

— Audrey Niffenegger

“What’s in your backpack, Bess?” Nancy Drew asked”

— Carolyn Keene

“On Claud, though, the look is very cool.) For example, today she was wearing a neon green tank top under a white oversized man’s…

— Ann M. Martin

“uh-oh," Ranger said. "you been reading those Nancy Drew books again?”

— Janet Evanovich

“It's like Hooker Barbie masquerading as Nancy Drew”

— Tiffany Snow

“I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms, days home sick from school reading…

— Audrey Niffenegger

I often keep my eyes open for bodies. I do. Ever since I was a kid. I think I read too many 'Nancy Drew'…

— Chelsea Cain

“Strauss! Oh yes, he was so-so. He wrote pretty music- The Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods. But what is that compared…

— Carolyn Keene

I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and…

— Judy Blume

“Read, read, read. That's all I can say.”

— Carolyn Keene