Mildred Benson Books
Dodd, Mead & Company. It was winner of the Boys'
Life--Dodd, Mead Prize Competition. It was also
reprinted by Scholastic Book Services. The idea for
Dangerous Deadline, bagan during her court
reporter beat at the Lucus County Courthouse when an
elevator stuck and the story took on a life of its own.
Mead & Company. It was her last published book and
remains very elusive to acquire. It was reprinted in
1960 in the UK under the title of Kristie at College,
the dust jacket is shown to the left. Millie dedicated
this book to her daughter:
To Peggy, a champion swimmer, who lost a race and launched a story.
Mildred wrote two books, under the name of Mildred Benson-- Dangerous Deadline
and Quarry Ghost. Both were published after she had married
George Benson, editor at the Toledo Times, and she began going by the name of
Mildred Benson. These were the last two books she published before concentrating on her journalism career full time.
Dangerous Deadline, was published in 1950 by
Quarry Ghost was published in 1959 by Dodd,