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{{Infobox Character
|character name=Edward Stratemeyer
|image=[[File:Strat.png|250px]]
|gender=Male
|birth=October 4, 1862<br> Elizabeth, [[New Jersey]]
|death=May 10, [[1930]]<br> Hillside, [[New Jersey]]
|nationality={{Nat-US}}
|profession=Writer
|allegiances=[[Nancy Stratemeyer]]
}}
'''Edward Stratemeyer''' was a writer and the father of [[Nancy Stratemeyer]], high school sweetheart of [[Indiana Jones]]. Stratemeyer created the characters of [[Tom Swift]], [[Nancy Drew]], the [[Bobbsey Twins]], the [[Moving Picture Girls]] and others under a variety of pseudonyms.

While over the Stratemeyers' house in February [[1916]], Jones helped Mr. Stratemeyer overcome writer's block on his newest Tom Swift book.<ref>{{YIJC|Princeton, February 1916}} {{Edited Into}} ''[[Spring Break Adventure]]''</ref>

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==Appearances==
*{{YIJC|Princeton, February 1916}} {{Edited Into}} ''[[Spring Break Adventure]]'' {{Fa}}
*''[[Race to Danger]]''
*{{YIJC|Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father}} {{Edited Into}} ''[[Winds of Change]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*{{IJ|url=chapter6.html|text=Chapter 6: Spring Break Adventure}}
*{{IJ|url=young/chapter/chapter06/|text=Chapter 6: Springbreak Adventure}}
*''[[The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Media Kit]]''
*''[[The Mystery of Edward Stratemeyer]]'' {{Nf}}
*''[[Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide]]''
* ''[[The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones]]''

== Notes and references ==
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==External links==
*{{WP|Edward Stratemeyer}}
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