September 16, 2013 | History

Franklin W. Dixon

A pseudonym for a series of ghostwriters hired by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to write The Hardy Boys and Ted Scott Flying Stories, along with some Nancy Drew crossover stories. Leslie McFarlane is the most well known of these writers having written the first Hardy Boys book along with twenty others.

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The Great Airport Mystery
12 editions - first published in 1930 Borrow
The Shore Road Mystery
11 editions - first published in 1928 Borrow
The Tower Treasure
11 editions - first published in 1927 Borrow
Hardy Boys 08 - The Mystery of Cabin Island
10 editions - first published in 1929 Borrow
Footprints Under the Window
10 editions - first published in 1933 Borrow
The Sinister Sign Post
9 editions - first published in 1936 Borrow
Hardy Boys 03 -The Secret of the Old Mill
9 editions - first published in 1927 Borrow
The Secret of the Caves
9 editions - first published in 1929 Borrow
Deathgame
9 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow
The Hooded Hawk Mystery
8 editions - first published in 1954 Borrow
The Sign of the Crooked Arrow
8 editions - first published in 1949 Borrow
Hardy Boys 05 - Hunting for Hidden Gold
7 editions - first published in 1928 Borrow
The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
7 editions - first published in 1950
While the Clock Ticked
6 editions - first published in 1932 Borrow
The Mummy Case
6 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow
Hardy Boys 02 - The House on the Cliff
6 editions - first published in 1927 Borrow
The mark on the door
6 editions - first published in 1934 Borrow
Hardy Boys 02 - The house on the cliff
6 editions - first published in 1927
The Bombay boomerang
6 editions - first published in 1970
What happened at midnight
6 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow
The Wailing Siren Mystery
5 editions - first published in 1951
The twisted claw
5 editions - first published in 1939 Borrow
The secret of Pirates' Hill
5 editions - first published in 1957 Borrow
The Secret of Wildcat Swamp
5 editions - first published in 1952 Borrow
The Great Airport Mystery
5 editions - first published in 1930
Hardy Boys 04 - The Missing Chums
5 editions - first published in 1928
Dead on target
5 editions - first published in 1987
The wailing siren mystery
5 editions - first published in 1968
The Lazarus plot
5 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow
Hunting for hidden gold
5 editions - first published in 1928
The mystery of the spiral bridge
5 editions - first published in 1966 Borrow
The clue of the hissing serpent
5 editions - first published in 1974
Cult of crime
5 editions - first published in 1987
What Happened at Midnight
5 editions - first published in 1931 DAISY
The Shore Road Mystery (#6)
5 editions - first published in 1928
The Mark on the Door
5 editions - first published in 1934 DAISY
The stone idol
5 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow
The clue of the broken blade
5 editions - first published in 1942 Borrow
Hardy Boys 39 - The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
4 editions - first published in 1959 Borrow
Perfect getaway
4 editions - first published in 1988
While the clock ticked
4 editions - first published in 1962
The clue in the embers
4 editions - first published in 1955 Borrow
The flickering torch mystery
4 editions - first published in 1970
Game plan for disaster
4 editions - first published in 1982
The secret of the caves
4 editions - first published in 1929
The disappearing floor
4 editions - first published in 1940
The crowning terror
4 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow
Mystery of the whale tattoo
4 editions - first published in 1968
The crimson flame
4 editions - first published in 1983
The Secret Panel
4 editions - first published in 1946
Mystery at Devil's Paw
4 editions - first published in 1959
The ghost at Skeleton Rock
4 editions - first published in 1958
The Viking symbol mystery
4 editions - first published in 1963
Hardy Boys 04 - The Missing Chums
4 editions - first published in 1928
The firebird rocket
4 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow
The melted coins
4 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow
The voodoo plot
4 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow
The billion dollar ransom
4 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow
Mystery of the flying express
4 editions - first published in 1941 Borrow
The secret agent on flight 101
4 editions - first published in 1967
The shattered helmet
4 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow
The outlaw's silver
4 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow
Mystery of the samurai sword
4 editions - first published in 1979
Edge of destruction
4 editions - first published in 1987
The secret of the old mill
4 editions - first published in 1927
The secret of Skull Mountain
4 editions - first published in 1966
The haunted fort
4 editions - first published in 1965 Borrow
The Twisted Claw
4 editions - first published in 1939 Borrow
The phantom freighter
4 editions - first published in 1947
The Sinister Signpost
4 editions - first published in 1936 DAISY
The Pentagon spy
4 editions - first published in 1980 DAISY
The secret warning
4 editions - first published in 1938 Borrow
The apeman's secret
4 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow
A figure in hiding
4 editions - first published in 1937 Borrow
Mystery of Smugglers Cove
4 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow
The vanishing thieves
4 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow
The arctic patrol mystery
4 editions - first published in 1969 Borrow
The tower treasure
4 editions - first published in 1959
The yellow feather mystery
4 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow
See no evil
4 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow
Hostages of hate
4 editions - first published in 1987
The clue of the screeching owl
4 editions - first published in 1962 Borrow
Mayhem in motion
3 editions - first published in 1992
The Phantom Freighter
3 editions - first published in 1947
Line of fire
3 editions - first published in 1992
The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
3 editions - first published in 1975
The swamp monster
3 editions - first published in 1985
The Hidden Harbor Mystery
3 editions - first published in 1975
The Disappearing Floor
3 editions - first published in 1940
Danger on Vampire Trail
3 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow
The Secret of Wildcat Swamp
3 editions - first published in 1952
Hardy Boys 31 - The Crisscross Shadow
3 editions - first published in 1953
Mystery of the Desert Giant
3 editions - first published in 1960
The crisscross shadow
3 editions - first published in 1969
The submarine caper
3 editions - first published in 1981
The hidden harbor mystery
3 editions - first published in 1935
Track of the zombie
3 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow
The demon's den
3 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow
The short-wave mystery
3 editions - first published in 1945 Borrow
The mystery of the Chinese junk
3 editions - first published in 1960

Subjects

Protected DAISY, Accessible book, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Detective and mystery stories, In library, Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters), Mystery, Juvenile Fiction, OverDrive, Juvenile fiction, Crime & mystery, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories, Brothers, Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Mysteries / Detective, Children's stories, Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Mystery, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories., General, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure, Teenage boy detectives, Children: Grades 2-3, Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction.

Places

Bahamas, England, Hawaii, Africa, Antarctica, Austria, Easter Island, France, Germany, India, Kentucky, Los Angeles (Calif.), Montana, Philadelphia (Pa.), Pine Barrens (N.J.), Pocono Mountains (Pa.), Utah, Vermont

People

Frank Hardy, Joe Hardy, Mystery

Time

1920s, 1960s

Links (outside Open Library)

Wikipedia

Alternative names

Franklin Dixon
Dixon, Franklin
Franklin W Dixon
Dixon Franklin
Franklin W. D
Dixon Franklin W.
Frank W. Dixon
Dixon F.W.
FranklinW Dixon
Vranklin W. Dixon
DIXON,FRAKLIN

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History Created April 1, 2008 · 7 revisions
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September 16, 2013	Edited by Anthony Black	merge authors
September 15, 2013	Edited by Anthony Black	merge authors
June 18, 2012	Edited by Alan Millar	merge authors
February 27, 2011	Edited by Infininight	Add bio, cleanup names.
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

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