Editing Franklin W. Dixon

{{short description|House pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate}}

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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]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/native-texan/article/The-identity-of-Franklin-W-Tex-Dixon-unveiled-5259328.php | title=The identity of Franklin W. 'Tex' Dixon unveiled at last | date=23 February 2014 }}</ref> 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]].

Canadian author [[Charles Leslie McFarlane]] is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books,<ref name=penguinRH>{{Cite web |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/36708/franklin-w-dixon/ |title=Franklin W. Dixon |publisher=Penguin Random House}}</ref> but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story.<ref>
Keeline, James D (2003). "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2009.</ref>  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.<ref>Kismaric, Carole; Heiferman, Marvin (2007). The Mysterious Case of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. New York: Fireside. ISBN 978-1-4165-4945-1.</ref>  Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hardyboysbookreviews.com/tag/amy-mcfarlane/ | title=Tag Archives: Amy McFarlane | date=25 April 2014 |publisher=HardyBoysBookReviews.com }} A single review with heading: 26. The Phantom Freighter (April 25, 2014).</ref> John Button, [[Andrew E. Svenson]], and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson.<ref name=penguinRH/> 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.<ref>Rehak, Melanie (2006). ''Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her''. New York: Harvest. ISBN 0-15-603056-X.</ref>

The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.<ref>[https://www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?author=Duffield,%20J.%20W.%20(John%20William)]. FadedPage.com search: Duffield, J. W. (John William) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813045354/https://www.fadedpage.com/csearch.php?author=Duffield,%20J.%20W.%20(John%20William)|date=2022-08-13}}</ref>

==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)
*''[[List of Hardy Boys books#Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Be a Detective Mystery Stories (1984–1985)|Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Be a Detective Mystery Stories]]'' (1984–1985)
*''[[List of Hardy Boys books#The Hardy Boys Casefiles (1987–1998)|The Hardy Boys Casefiles]]'' (1987–1998)
*''[[Ultra-Thriller|Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller]]'' (1992–1993)
*''[[List of Hardy Boys books#The Hardy Boys are: The Clues Brothers (1997–2000)|The Hardy Boys are: The Clues Brothers]]'' (1997–2000)
*''[[Undercover Brothers|The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers]]'' (2005–2012)
*''[[Undercover Brothers#Super Mysteries|The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers Super Mystery]]'' (2006–2007)
*''[[Undercover Brothers#Graphic Novels|Undercover Brothers Graphic Novels]]'' (2005–2010)
*''[[List of Hardy Boys books#Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery Series (2007–2012)|Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery]]'' (with [[Carolyn Keene]]) (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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

===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 ''[https://www.jamesleeburke.com/books/the-jealous-kind/ The Jealous Kind]'' by [[James Lee Burke]], the main character, Aaron Holland Broussard, uses the alias Franklin W. Dixon.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=55530 | name=Franklin W. Dixon}}
* {{StandardEbooks|Standard Ebooks URL=https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/franklin-w-dixon}}
* {{FadedPage|id=Duffield, J. W. (John William)|name=Franklin W. Dixon|author=yes}}
* {{Librivox author |id=17323}}
* {{OL author}}
* {{LCAuth|n80125961|Franklin W. Dixon|576|}}

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