Franklin W. Dixon

Franklin W. Dixon is the pseudonym used by the group of authors that penned The Hardy Boys series for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the book packaging company behind classic mysteries for young readers. For the Hardy Boys, frequent collaborators included Leslie McFarlane, Syndicate founder Edward Stratemeyer, and Stratemeyer's two daughters: Edna Stratemeyer Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, who inherited the Stratemeyer Syndicate upon their father's death. The syndicate's other series include the Nancy Drew mystery series and the Tom Swift adventure series.