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Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys [1] novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap .
Edward Stratemeyer, creator of the Hardy Boys and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Each volume is penned by a ghostwriter under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [22] In accordance with the customs of Stratemeyer Syndicate series production, ghostwriters for the Syndicate signed contracts that have sometimes been interpreted as requiring authors to sign away all rights to authorship or ...
Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) [1] was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [2]
This book was written by Leslie McFarlane in 1927 for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, who published it under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [2] On January 1, 2023, the 1927 version entered into the US Public Domain, due to 2022 having been the book’s 95th year.
The original book opens with Chet Morton and Biff Hooper preparing for a week-long boating trip in Biff's new motorboat “panda” . As Frank and Joe are instructing Biff on the handling of the craft in Barmet Bay, another boat occupied by three men menaces them, nearly causing Envoy to collide with two sailboats.
The Secret of the Caves is Volume 7 in the original Hardy Boys series of mystery books for children and teens published by Grosset & Dunlap.. This book was written by Leslie McFarlane in 1929 for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published it under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [1]
Although the Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym was used, the series was more akin to the then-current Tom Swift IV series and listed in the Tom Swift books as part of that series. Published as mass-market paperback books under the Archway imprint of Simon & Schuster. Both books were written by Bill McKay. Time Bomb; The Alien Factor
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by William Dougherty in 1954, under the pen name of Franklin W. Dixon. [1] Between 1959 and 1973, the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. [2]