Pen Name: The Haynes Sisters

Board Name: Purple and GillyGamgee

Real Name: Rachel and Elizabeth

Age: Early 20’s

Location: Louisiana

Time Zone: Central

What's your Occupation? We both work at Kent Plantation House. Rachel is a tour guide, and Elizabeth works in the office.

Brief bio: We are really sisters! We’ve lived in Louisiana practically our entire lives. We have 2 younger brothers and 3 cats. We are both homeschool graduates and loved every minute of the experience. We both have experience in the medical field, as our father is a doctor. Neither of us is married, yet.

When did you start reading the Hardy Boys? Rachel started reading them when she was about 9, and Elizabeth started reading them about a year after Rachel did, after much bugging and statements of "You’ll really like them!" from Rachel.

Who started you reading the Hardy Boys? Rachel honestly doesn’t remember how she got started on them. They were just on the shelf at the library and the cover art was neat. Elizabeth started reading them after Rachel kept bringing them home.

When did you start writing Fan fiction? We wrote our first "story" when we were about 10 and 11. Of course back then we had no idea it was called fan fiction. We completed our first story 2 years ago now, and have published 2 to H D A, with a third in the works.

Who is your favorite character? Rachel’s is Frank, Elizabeth’s is Joe.

What attracts you to the Hardy Boys? Their relationship mainly I guess. Since we’re sisters, it’s easy for us to see the brothers being that close. Also the mystery and just the "I wish I could do that too!"

What is your favorite Hardy Boys Series? The Casefiles!

What is your favorite Hardy Boys Book? Rachel: The Crowning Terror, Casefile #6, The Secret of the Old Mill, #3

Elizabeth: Dead of Night, Casefile #80

What is your favorite Hardy Boys moment? Elizabeth: The fight between the boys in the graveyard in Dead of Night.

Rachel: The argument between them at the Shaws’ house in Campaign of Crime.

What is your favorite Hardy Boys moment in your own stories? Can’t really think of any. We’ve only written 2!

Who is your favorite original character in your own stories? Rachel’s favorite currently is the victim in the current story being written. Elizabeth doesn’t really have one.

How would you describe your fan fic? Alternate universe Casefile, with real life greatly intruding.

Which of the Hardy Boys books are you familiar with and/or own: Most familiar with the Casefiles. We are almost finished with our set of them. We do have quite a few blue spines and tweeds, but haven’t yet read them all.

Anything else you would like to add? Just that there is no right or wrong way to write a story. Everyone is different, and has different tastes and a different style.

Are your stories open for critiquing? Yes.

The Haynes' Sister's Stories

RHAPSODY IN MURDER		Joe has tickets to a one-time performance of a Gershwin Broadway revue. But as usual, where the Hardys go, trouble follows.
UNBREAKABLE		Frank and Joe are being stalked by a gang, and the family learns some disturbing news.