Franklin W. Dixon is the

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used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote

The Hardy Boys The Hardy Boys, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in a series of mystery novels for young readers. The series revolves around teenage amateur sleuths, solving cases that often stumped their adult counterparts. ...

novels for the

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(now owned by

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). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the '' Ted Scott Flying Stories'' series, published by

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. Canadian author Charles Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Adams. Edna and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s. The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
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Bibliography

The following series or books have been published under the name Franklin W. Dixon:

''The Hardy Boys'' series

*'' List of Hardy Boys books#stories, The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories'' (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 Thriller'' (1992–1993) *'' The Hardy Boys are: The Clues Brothers'' (1997–2000) *'' The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers'' (2005–2012) *'' The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers Super Mystery'' (2006–2007) *'' Undercover Brothers Graphic Novels'' (2005–2010) *'' Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery'' (with

Carolyn Keene Carolyn 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. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, ''Riv ...

) (2007) * ''Hardy Boys Clue Book'' (2016)

Other series

*'' Ted Scott Flying Stories'' (1927–1943) *''Joanna Brady stories'' by Judith Jance: Joanna's second husband is Franklin W. Dixon, a writer who has to use a pseudonym because his real name has been pre-empted by the house-name for the Hardy Boys authors.

Individual books

*'' The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook'' (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) *''Hardy Boys Adventures'' (2014)

References in other works

* In
The Jealous Kind
' by James Lee Burke, the main character, Aaron Holland Broussard, uses the alias Franklin W. Dixon.

References

External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Franklin W. American children's writers American mystery writers House names Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonyms The Hardy Boys