Franklin W. Dixon, is the pen name or house name that has been used for all Hardy Boys books, except for the graphic novels, and Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery (with house name Carolyn Keene used for the crossover title).
An interview with two authors then writing under the name of Dixon was published in a 1995 edition of Boy's Life magazine. Both authors remained anonymous (Mr. X and Mr. Y), stating they were sworn to secrecy to protect the pen name.
A tribute to Franklin W. Dixon was found in the second-person narrative "Choose Your Own Adventure" book Longhorn Territory, where the reader is given the option to work as a rider for the Pony Express. One of the station masters is named Frank Dixon.
Bibliography[]
The following series or books have been published under the Franklin W. Dixon name:
Series[]
The Hardy Boys series[]
- The Hardy Boys (1927-2005)
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Be a Detective Mystery Story (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-present)
- The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers Super Mystery (2006-present)
- Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery (with Carolyn Keene) (2007-present)
Other series[]
- Ted Scott Flying Stories (1927-1943)
Individual novels[]
- 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)
Known authors[]
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Many different authors have written under the pseudonym, while most still are not known, some have been revealed. Below is a list of known authors. Not that some of these authors are unverified but probable.
Original series authors[]
- Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
- John Almquist (OT: 35, 36)
- James Buechler (40, 41)
- Vincent Buranelli (49, 51, 55-57, 61, 63-65)
- John Button (OT: 17-21)
- Richard Cohen (OT: 32)
- William Dougherty (OT: 31, 33)
- David Grambs (44)
- Alistair M. Hunter (42)
- James Duncan Lawrence (OT: 37-39, 58-60)
- Amy McFarlane (OT: 26)
- Leslie McFarlane (OT: 1–17, 22–24)
- Tom Mulvey (46)
- Jerrold Mundis (47)
- Edna Stratemeyer Squier
- Charles S. Strong (OT: 34)
- Andrew E. Svenson (OT: 28-30, 45, 48-51)
- George Waller Jr. (OT: 26)
- Lilo Wuenn
Casefiles authors[]
- Larry Mike Garmon (27, 36, 39, 43, 46, 126)
- Ron Goulart (23, 30, 44)
- Steven Grant (3, 6, 14, 19, 29, 62)
- David L. Robbins
References[]
- ↑ Who Wrote the Hardy Boys at Keeline.com