Upon delivery of one of his early juveniles, his editor at Scribner's commented that she wished somebody would write some stories for girls.[11] Heinlein took this as a challenge and wrote a short story for girls. The story, a first-person tale featuring Maureen "Puddin'", appeared under the byline "R. A. Heinlein" in Calling All Girls magazine. He wrote two more, and planned four additional stories with the goal of publishing a collection titled Men Are Exasperating, but he never wrote any more and the Puddin' stories have never been collected in one volume.
"Poor Daddy", 1949
"Cliff and the Calories", 1950
"The Bulletin Board", 1951
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Upon delivery of one of his early juveniles, his editor at Scribner's commented that she wished somebody would write some stories for girls.[11] Heinlein took this as a challenge and wrote a short story for girls. The story, a first-person tale featuring Maureen "Puddin'", appeared under the byline "R. A. Heinlein" in Calling All Girls magazine. He wrote two more, and planned four additional stories with the goal of publishing a collection titled Men Are Exasperating, but he never wrote any more and the Puddin' stories have never been collected in one volume.
"Poor Daddy", 1949
"Cliff and the Calories", 1950
"The Bulletin Board", 1951