The Beverly Gray Series
by Clair Blank

The Beverly Gray Mystery Stories, comprising 26 novels published between 1934 and 1955, were written by Clair Blank, pen name of Clarissa Mabel Blank Moyer. The series began as a series of school stories, and followed Beverly's progress through college, her various romances, and a career as a reporter before becoming strictly a mystery series.

Beverly is portrayed as an extraordinarily determined individual, with "a driving ambition in her heart that would not let her idle her life away." Across 26 books, she leads "such a life of adventure as would tax the resources of any soap opera heroine".

The Beverly Gray series was published in the United States from 1934 to 1955. Four publishers were responsible for the series output during this time: A. L. Burt (1934-1937), Blue Ribbon Books (who bought out Burt, 1937-1938), Grosset & Dunlap (1938-1954) and McLoughlin Bros. (1955). When the series went to Grosset & Dunlap, volume 6, Beverly Gray at the World's Fair, was dropped when the publisher felt it would date the book.

01: Beverly Gray, Freshman - 1934

02: Beverly Gray, Sophomore - 1934

03: Beverly Gray, Junior - 1934

04: Beverly Gray, Senior - 1934

05: Beverly Gray's Career - 1935

06: Beverly Gray at the World's Fair - 1935

07/06: Beverly Gray on a World Cruise - 1936

08/07: Beverly Gray in the Orient - 1937

08: Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt - 1938

09: Beverly Gray's Return - 1939

10: Beverly Gray, Reporter - 1940

11: Beverly Gray's Romance - 1941

12: Beverly Gray's Quest - 1942

13: Beverly Gray's Problem - 1943

14: Beverly Gray's Adventure - 1944

15: Beverly Gray's Challenge - 1945

16: Beverly Gray's Journey - 1946

17: Beverly Gray's Assignment - 1947

18: Beverly Gray's Mystery - 1948

19: Beverly Gray's Vacation - 1949

20: Beverly Gray's Fortune - 1950

21: Beverly Gray's Secret - 1951

22: Beverly Gray's Island Mystery - 1952

23: Beverly Gray's Discovery - 1953

24: Beverly Gray's Scoop - 1954

25: Beverly Gray's Surprise - 1955