Originally Posted by
ConciergeMike
You weren't a Box regular when I had the encounter with the author that led to me being a character in a Hardy Boys book. I answered all of the author's questions about Atlantic City and she said thanks by writing me into the story as the helpful concierge.
Chet has since been written out of the books, and Iola was the unintended victim of a car bomb meant for the boys in about 1990 or so.
I lurked back then and remember reading about this, which I think is pretty awesome in the non-ironic sense. I hope your cameo turned out well.
I guess all of the Hardy Boys books I read as a kid were written in the '50s, so well before Chet and Iola's demise.