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David Robbins is an American author of western, horror, science fiction, fantasy, young adult, mystery and adventure novels. He is the author of the Wilderness series, Endworld and Blade series, White Apache and Davy Crockett series. David has also written for the Executioner, Mack Bolan, Trailsman, Mountain Majesty, Preacher’s Law, Omega Sub and Hardy Boys […]

The Hardy Boys is a series of children’s mystery novels written under the house name of Franklin W. Dixon. The series was created by Edward Stratemeyer of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, are teenage brothers who spend their time solving mysteries. Their often-inept father, Fenton, is also a detective.

Franklin W. Dixon is the house name created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the Hardy Boys children’s adventure/mystery novels. He also wrote the Ted Scott Flying Stories series. The first author who used the pen name was the Canadian author Leslie McFarlane (pictured above). Other authors who went on to use the house name included […]