What other famous literary characters are ripe for parody?
It’s tough to find literature as rich for parody as Nancy Drew. The thing that makes a Nancy parody work so well is that the style of the writing is so instantly recognizable. A lot more people would be able to pick up on the style of “Carolyn Keene” than would be able to recognize the work of Henry James. Plus Nancy was such a character sketch (we never actually learned much about her) that she sort of cried out for some complicated emotions and real world obstacles. It might be fun to write a humor novel (maybe faux detective noir) starring a bunch of children’s books characters like Curious George and Paddington Bear and the Velveteen Rabbit. But there, you see, I’m going to get a bunch of cease-and-desist letters now, and I haven’t even started writing.
