Leslie McFarlane
Author · 25 October 1902 – 6 September 1977

Leslie McFarlane

Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, and the Nancy Drew series under Carolyn Keene.

Works

The Tower Treasure
1927
The Hidden Staircase
1930
The secret of the old clock
1930
The Secret at Shadow Ranch
1931
The Bungalow Mystery
1930
The House on the Cliff
1927
The Shore Road Mystery
1928
The Secret of the Old Mill
1927
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
1930
The clue in the old stagecoach
1960
The secret of Red Gate Farm
1931
The Password to Lakespur Lane
1933
The Haunted Showboat
1957
Hunting for Hidden Gold
1920
Nancy's mysterious letter
1932
The Missing Chums
1928
The Clue of the Broken Locket
1934
The clue in the diary
1932
The clue in the crumbling wall
1945
The Message in the Hollow Oak
1935
The clue in the jewel box
1943
The Quest of the Missing Map
1942
The Sign of the Twisted Candles
1933
The mystery at the ski jump
1952
The Whispering Statue
1937
The Clue of the Tapping Heels
1939
The Secret in the Old Attic
1944
The secret of the caves
1929
The sinister signpost
1936
The Ringmaster's Secret
1953
The Clue of the Velvet Mask
1953
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk
1940
The Clue of the Black Keys
1951
The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
1949
The mystery of Cabin Island
1929
The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion
1941
The Great Airport Mystery
1930
The Secret of The Wooden Lady
1950
The Mystery of the 99 Steps
1965
Invisible Intruder
1969
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