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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[]

Other series[]

  • Ted Scott Flying Stories (1927-1943)

Individual novels[]

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[]

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  • 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[]

  1. Who Wrote the Hardy Boys at Keeline.com
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