really broad question, if you answer it you're the best
 

I need the name of an author. It was an author my cousin used to read, but I can't ask him. I'm 75% sure the author is a female, I also think that her name she used was more than simply a first an last name...it could have been first-middle-last, or maybe initials (eg CS Lewis)...but for some reason I remembered it not just being first-last. She wrote mysteries aimed at elementary schoolers. They were fairly popular, and there were more than one, I think they were a series, but not one of the famous ones like Boxcar Children, Hardyboys, Babysitters club, etc. If I had to guess, I would say the publication date would be around 96-97 or earlier. I doubt if I'll even get a response, but it's worth a try. Thanks if you put any thought into this.

(i also posted this in the knowledge section)

here's what I've found searching 'female author mystery "young adult" (1996 OR 1997)' at google:
McClintock, Norah
Joyce Christmas
M.E. Kerr
Alane Ferguson
Megan Whalen Turner

That's just the first two pages

Hilda Stahl
JOAN LOWERY NIXON

came up on a quick Amazon search

I doubt you mean RL Stine , seeing as how its a guy, and the stories are more "horror" types, but i figure i'd toss it out there just in case.

Carolyn Keene wrote the Nancy Drew series.

E.L. Konisburg?