Children's writer Edward Stratemeyer came up with the idea of Nancy Drew in nineteen twenty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

Still,she says her books reflect the Nancy Drew stories that she read as a child: "Things that I read as a kid keep cropping up in my own work whether I realize it or not.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

In crafting her story, Gomez drew on her own experiences growing up in Miami,Florida, and on her career as an immigration attorney.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22