Author: Leslie McFarlane
Alternate names: Charles Leslie McFarlane; Franklin W. Dixon; Carolyn Keene; Carolyn Keene (pseudonym)
Born: 25 October 1902
Died: 6 September 1977
Bio: 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. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_McFarlane)