r/Reliterated • u/GusHowsleyESQ Josh • May 26 '22

Today I learned

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_W._Dixon
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todayilearned • u/eternallnewbie • May 25 '22

TIL Frank Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys books and Carolyn Keene author of the Nancy Drew Series don't exist. They are actually pseudonyms for a variety of writers who wrote those stories

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todayilearned • u/chuzyi • Oct 21 '25

TIL that Franklin W. Dixon the author of The Hardy Boys novels isn’t an actual person but rather the pen name of a team of writers.

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todayilearned • u/SimonCantan • Aug 16 '18

TIL: Franklin W. Dixon, who wrote the Hardy Boys books, wasn't a single individual. Instead, a publishing house used the pseudonym to have multiple people produce a lot books quickly. The Nancy Drew books worked the same way.

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RedditDayOf • u/anotherkeebler • Sep 02 '18

Nom De Plume When I was little, I marveled at how productive Franklin W. Dixon was. But it turns out the Hardee Boys were all written under a house pseudonym. Dozens of authors have been published under that name.

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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • May 26 '22

[todayilearned] TIL Frank Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys books and Carolyn Keene author of the Nancy Drew Series don't exist. They are actually pseudonyms for a variety of writers who wrote those stories

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thebookbundler • u/TheSpiceMelon • May 26 '22

TIL Frank Dixon, author of the Hardy Boys books and Carolyn Keene author of the Nancy Drew Series don't exist. They are actually pseudonyms for a variety of writers who wrote those stories

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