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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 […]
Lauren Oliver is an American author of young adult and children’s novels. She writes the Delirium series. Lauren attended the University of Chicago, where she majored in philosophy and literature. After graduating in 2004, she took the MFA program at NYU (graduating from that in 2008) and then worked as an editorial assistant and as […]
Ally Condie is an American novelist of young adult, children’s and fantasy novels. She is best known for writing the Matched Trilogy. She got her degree in English Teaching from Brigham Young University. Ally went on to teach English in Utah and New York State high schools. She lives outside of Salt Lake City, Utah […]
Lisi Harrison is a Canadian-American author of young adult and children’s novels, including her The Clique, Alphas and Pretenders series. She also writes books based on the Monster High doll line from Mattell. Lisi grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and moved to Montreal, Quebec when she was 18 to major in film at McGill […]
Honey Bunch is a series of children’s novels written under the house name of Helen Louise Thorndyke. The series is a creation of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the group behind such series as The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and other series. Honey Bunch goes on various trips to places like cities, farms, the seashore, camp, the […]
Penny Parker is the protagonist in a series of children’s mystery novels by American author Mildred A. Wirt. Penny Parker is an amateur sleuth, high school student and newspaper reporter for her father’s newspaper. After her mother died when she was young, she was raised by the family housekeeper, Mrs. Weems. Mildred A. Wirt was […]
The Kay Tracey series is a series of children’s mystery novels written under the house name of Frances K. Judd. The series was created by Harried Stratemeyer Adams and the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Kay Tracey is a 16 year-old amateur detective. She lives with her mother and cousin Bill in a town called Carmont, where she […]
Ruth Fielding is the protagonist in a series of children’s novels written under the house name of Alice B. Emerson. Ruth Fielding is a strong-willed woman and a career woman. In the first part of the series, she attends a boarding school. The series was influential to many other series that would follow, including Nancy […]
Nancy Drew is the protagonist of several series of children’s mystery novels, written under the house name of Carolyn Keene. The character was created by Edward Stratemeyer, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which produced not only Nancy Drew, but also The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys and more series. Nancy […]
Carolyn Keene is the house name of authors who wrote children’s novels, including all of the various the Nancy Drew series as well as the Dana Girls and River Heights series. The house name was created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate (the same group responsible for the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys, the Bobbsey […]