Annie Roe Carr

Annie Roe Carr is the pen name credited with the early twentieth-century American juvenile fiction series "Nan Sherwood." The series follows a young girl, Nan Sherwood, as she grows up through boarding-school life, holiday travels, and outdoor adventures. Representative titles include *Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or, The Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse*, *Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Or, Rescuing the Runaways*, and *Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure*; seven of the author's works are held in this collection. The books typically combine school life, travel impressions, and mystery, with brisk plots characteristic of period juvenile fiction. Public information about the author is limited: birth and death dates and biographical details are unknown, and the name is generally considered a collective pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate.