Mary Virginia Carey

Mary Virginia Carey
Born19 May 1925
New Brighton, England
Died27 May 1994(1994-05-27) (aged 69)
California, USA
OccupationWriter
Organization(s)American Lung Association
Society of Children’s Book Writers

Mary Virginia Carey (May 19, 1925 – May 27, 1994) was an English/American writer. She became famous through her involvement in the youth book series 'The Three Investigators'.[1][2]

Biography

Born to John Cornelius (an engineer) and Mary Alice (Hughes) Carey in New Brighton, England, Carey was brought to the United States as a baby and lived in California, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1955.[1]

Career

In 1969, after working with Walt Disney Productions writing novelizations of Disney motion pictures, she began to work free-lance as an author and completed more than ten 'Three Investigators' books for Random House.[2]

Her other titles included A Place for Allie (1985) which was based on the life of Carey's mother and her trip from Nova Scotia to Boston.[2]

Other information

Carey was a board member of the American Lung Association as well as a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers.[2]

Bibliography

The Story of Walt Disney's Motion Picture

Three Investigators

  • The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints (1971)
  • The Mystery of the Singing Serpent (1972)
  • The Mystery of Monster Mountain (1973)
  • The Secret of the Haunted Mirror (1972), co-written with William Arden
  • The Mystery of the Invisible Dog (1973), co-written with William Arden
  • The Mystery of Death Trap Mine (1976)
  • The Mystery of the Magic Circle (1978)
  • The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow (1979)
  • The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar (1981)
  • The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs (1981)
  • The Mystery of the Wandering Cave Man (1982)
  • The Mystery of the Missing Mermaid (1983)
  • The Mystery of the Two-Toed Pigeon (1983)
  • The Mystery of the Trail of Terror (1984)
  • The Mystery of the Rogues' Reunion (1985)
  • The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks (1985)
  • The Mystery of the Cranky Collector (1987)

Other works

  • Donald Duck and the Lost Mesa Ranch (Whitman Publishing Company, 1966)
  • The Owl Who Loved Sunshine (Golden Books, 1977) ISBN: 0307134334 / 9780307134332
  • The Secret of NIMH: Mrs. Brisby's Important Package (Golden Books, 1982) ISBN: 0307118851 / 9780307118851
  • The Gremlins Storybook (Golden Books, 1984) ISBN: 0307158209 / 9780307158208
  • A Place for Allie (Dodd Mead, 1985) ISBN: 0396085830 / 9780396085836

References

  1. ^ a b "THREE INVESTIGATORS AUTHOR: M.V. CAREY". THE THREE INVESTIGATORS. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituaries : Mary Virginia Carey; Children's Book Author". Los Angeles Times. 29 May 1994. Retrieved 13 September 2020.


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