{{Short description|American writer}} '''Sharon Blythe Wagner''' (born 1936) is an American author of more than 60 mystery, Gothic romance, and young adult fiction titles.<ref name="gale">{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Sharon Blythe Wagner in "The Writers Directory" |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1649560368/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=22fb8db4 |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 19, 2022 |publisher=St. James Press |via=Gale In Context: Biography |location=Detroit}}</ref> She wrote five titles<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McGruder |first=Janie |date=2000-12-03 |title=Detective Nancy Drew inspired generations of women |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/detective-nancy-drew-inspired-generations-of-women/article_406a6ead-e9b4-59c9-be42-791f30064f76.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=[[Tulsa World]] |language=en}}</ref> in the [[Nancy Drew Mystery Stories]] series under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Wagner's Nancy Drew titles are ''[[The Kachina Doll Mystery]]'' (1981), ''[[The Elusive Heiress]]'' (1982), ''[[The Broken Anchor]]'' (1983), ''[[The Emerald-Eyed Cat]]'' (1984), and ''[[The Eskimo's Secret]]'' (1985).<ref name=":0" />
Wagner was born in [[Wallace, Idaho]],<ref name="gale" /> grew up in [[Cut Bank, Montana]]<ref name=":1" /> and lives in [[Mesa, Arizona]].<ref name=":0" /> Wagner began publishing in approximately 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lost Lilacs of Latimer House (A Zebra Gothic Novel) by Sharon Wagner |url=https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780821732380/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.isbns.net}}</ref> After writing scores of magazine short stories, ''[[Prairie Wind (book)|Prairie Wind]]'' (1968), illustrated by friend and neighbor [[Rita Warner]], was her first full-length book.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Patterson |first=Ann |date=1968 |title=Book Is Wish Fulfilled for Mesan Sharon Wagner |pages=174 |work=[[Arizona Republic]] |url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/phoenix/phoenix-arizona-republic/1968/04-07/page-174/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref> Under her own name, Wagner also authored the Gypsy series of mysteries. The action is set on a Western ranch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharon Wagner |url=http://sharonwagner.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=sharonwagner.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharon Wagner |url=https://www.janebadgerbooks-oldsite.co.uk/usa2/wagner.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.janebadgerbooks-oldsite.co.uk}}</ref> ''Horse Illustrated'' called ''[[Gypsy from Nowhere]]'' one of the 30 best "horse books."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-15 |title=30 Best Horse Books |url=https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-fun-30-best-horse-books |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Horse Illustrated Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Wagner has also published under the names '''Casey Stephens''', '''M.E. Cooper''', '''Ann Sheldon''', '''Blythe Stephens''', and '''Blythe Bradley'''.<ref name="gale" />
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* {{LCAuth|n50021353|Sharon Wagner|10|}} * {{ISFDB name|126259}}
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