Trixie Belden #3 - The Gatehouse Mystery - by Julie Campbell - Illustrated by Mary Stevens - cover illustration by Michael Koelsch  - 1959 renewed in 1979 with new cover from 2003 - Random House - ISBN: 0-375-82579-7 Trixie Belden is the title character in a series of 39 "girl detective" mysteries written between 1948 and 1986. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham, who also wrote the Ginny Gordon series, then continued by various in-house writers from Western Publishing under the pseudonym Kathryn Kenny. Today the rights to the series are owned by Random House. The series was out of print for a number of years, but Random House began releasing a new edition of the books in mid-2003. Julie Campbell Tatham (June 1, 1908 – July 7, 1999) was a US writer of children's novels. As Julie Campbell she was the creator of the Trixie Belden series (she wrote the first six) and the Ginny Gordon series. As Julie Tatham she also took over the Cherry Ames series and Vicki Barr series from Helen Wells. #trixiebeldon #juliecampbell #marystevens #michaelkoelsch #girldetective #ginnygordon #westernpublishing #helenwells #whitman #juliecampbelltatham #julietathum #goldenpress #vickibarr #nancydrew #hardyboys #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bobsytwins #brainsbenton #tomswiftjr #vintagebooks #vintagechildrensbooks #bookcovers #cherryamesnurse #cheeryames #tomswift #teenmysterysolvers #scoobydoo #randomhouse #kathrynkenny (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuTJ06GAFWK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m8jqzxc7d2xk
