That First Mystery
May 16th 2008IlanaBooks & Family/Friends & Writing
Can you remember that first book that turned you on to reading? The one that made you defy your parent’s call “lights out” with a flashlight under the covers?
For me, it was a box set of six mystery books by Wylly Folk St. John including The Secrets of Hidden Creek. I can still remember some of the plot line (and I still have the box set).
From there, it was off to the Nancy Drew mysteries and countless more. Years later, I discovered Mary Stewart and all other gothic romance mysteries. But it was my discovery of Elizabeth Peters a.k.a. Barbara Michaels and her books that first made me think about writing my own novel.
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For me it was the Nancy Drew books! I loved them.
Do you remember any of them? Specifically?
I do remember that the Nancy Drew books are where I learned my Roman numerals (from I to XX anyway).
Oh gosh, I don’t. My memory isn’t very good. I just remember loving them and that’s what got me hooked on reading mysteries from then on.