Gloria asked Cindy Vincent:

were you a reader of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys when you were younger?

Cindy Vincent Thank you, Gloria, for this wonderful question! And yes, you pegged it! I loved Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys. Even so, my favorites were the Brains Benton and Trixie Belden series. As an author, I especially appreciate the setup with Brains Benton, whereby Jimmy tells the story of the genius detective, Brains. Much like Dr. Watson is supposed to be the character who chronicles Sherlock Holmes. I used this same format in both my Buckley and Bogey Cat Detective Capers as well as the Daisy Diamond Detective Series. It's a lot of fun to write, since I can still use a first person viewpoint -- that of the sidekick -- and yet tell of the exploits of the "super smart" detective.

Besides all that, I just loved the clean, wholesome fun of those earlier books, where kids could be kids and simply have exciting adventures. So yes, I most definitely wanted to bring all that back in my own books!

Thanks again for your question!

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