Franklin W. Dixon
Encyclopedia
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name
used by a variety of different authors (Leslie McFarlane
, a Canadian author, being the first) who wrote The Hardy Boys
novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
(now owned by Simon & Schuster
). This pseudonym was also used for the Ted Scott Flying Stories
series.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
used by a variety of different authors (Leslie McFarlane
Leslie McFarlane
Leslie McFarlane was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker. McFarlane is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.- Early life :The son of a school principal, McFarlane was raised in...
, a Canadian author, being the first) who wrote The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for children and teens....
novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.- History :...
(now owned by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
). This pseudonym was also used for the Ted Scott Flying Stories
Ted Scott Flying Stories
The Ted Scott Flying Stories was a series of juvenile aviation adventures created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate using the pseudonym of Franklin W. Dixon and published almost exclusively by Grosset & Dunlap...
series.
The Hardy Boys series
- The Hardy BoysThe Hardy BoysThe Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for children and teens....
(1927–2005) - Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Be a Detective Mystery Stories (1984–1985)
- The Hardy Boys' Casefiles (1987–1998)
- Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra ThrillerUltra-ThrillerThe Ultra-Thriller series is a detective/action fiction series published between August 1992 and June 1993 by Archway Paperbacks . It was a spin-off of The Hardy Boys Casefiles and the Tom Swift IV series and joined boy inventor Tom Swift with the crime solving Hardy boys, Frank & Joe. Although...
(1992–1993) - The Hardy Boys are: The Clues Brothers (1997–2000)
- The Hardy Boys: Undercover BrothersUndercover BrothersThe Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks , which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005. All the books in the series have been written under the pen name of Franklin W...
(2005–Present) - The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers Super Mystery (2006–Present)
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery (with Carolyn KeeneCarolyn KeeneCarolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate...
) (2007–Present)
Individual novels
- The Hardy Boys Detective HandbookThe Hardy Boys Detective HandbookThe Hardy Boys Detective Handbook is a special volume in the original Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset & Dunlap.The book is composed of several didactic short fictional stories illustrating various actual crime detection methods featuring the Hardy Boys and their friends...
(1959) - The Hardy Boys Handbook: Seven Stories of Survival (1980)
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Sleuths (with Carolyn Keene) (1981)
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Sleuths #2 (with Carolyn Keene) (1984)
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Campfire Stories (with Carolyn Keene) (1984)
- The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories (1984)