1. Edward L Stratemeyer was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
16 Facts About Edward Stratemeyer
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Edward Stratemeyer is one of the most prolific writers in the world, having penned over 1,300 books and selling more than 500 million copies.
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Edward Stratemeyer was born the youngest of six children in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Henry Julius Edward Stratemeyer, a tobacconist, and Anna Siegel.
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Edward Stratemeyer moved to Newark, New Jersey, in 1890 and opened a paper store.
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Edward Stratemeyer ran his shop while continuing to write stories under pseudonyms.
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Edward Stratemeyer was able to write for many genres including detective dime novels, westerns and serials that ran in newspapers.
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In 1893, Stratemeyer hired the popular dime-novel writer Gilbert Patten, according to Patten's own autobiography, Frank Merriwell's 'Father': An Autobiography by Gilbert Patten.
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That same year, after Alger died, Edward Stratemeyer wrote and published The Rover Boys, which became a tremendously popular series in the vein of the classic dime novel.
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Edward Stratemeyer formed the Edward Stratemeyer Syndicate in 1905 and hired journalists to write stories based on his ideas.
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Edward Stratemeyer paid them a flat rate for each book and kept the copyrights to the novels.
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Edward Stratemeyer married Magdalena Van Camp, the daughter of a Newark businessman, on March 25,1891.
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Edward Stratemeyer enjoyed the outdoors and often took annual summer trips to the Great Lakes, Lake George and Lake Champlain with his family.
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Edward Stratemeyer was a member of the Roseville Athletic Club and the New Jersey Historical Association.
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Edward Stratemeyer died at age 67 in Newark, New Jersey on May 10,1930, of lobar pneumonia and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey.
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Edward Stratemeyer pioneered the book-packaging technique of producing a consistent, long-running series of books using a team of freelance writers.
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Edward Stratemeyer appears in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.