{"product_id":"hardy-boys-clue-book-summer-mysteries-3-in-1-sea-life-secrets-water-ski-wipeout-splash-pad-sabotage-franklin-w-dixon-matt-david-santy-gutierrez","title":"Hardy Boys Clue Book Summer Mysteries 3-in-1: Sea Life Secrets; Water-Ski Wipeout; Splash Pad Sabotage byDixon","description":"Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap.\u003cbr\u003eCanadian author \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/162024._Leslie_McFarlane\" title=\" Leslie McFarlane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e Leslie McFarlane\u003c\/a\u003e is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/210554._Edward_Stratemeyer\" title=\" Edward Stratemeyer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e Edward Stratemeyer\u003c\/a\u003e, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20038168._Harriet_Stratemeyer_Adams\" title=\" Harriet Stratemeyer Adams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e Harriet Stratemeyer Adams\u003c\/a\u003e. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search\/search?q=%20Andrew%20E.%20Svenson\" title=\" Andrew E. Svenson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e Andrew E. Svenson\u003c\/a\u003e, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.\u003cbr\u003eThe principal author for the Ted Scott books was \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14581958._John_W__Duffield\" title=\" John W. Duffield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e John W. Duffield\u003c\/a\u003e.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48237454917867,"sku":"9798347112074","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2652\/3794\/files\/9798347112074.jpg?v=1778351261","url":"https:\/\/www.maggiemaesbooks.com\/products\/hardy-boys-clue-book-summer-mysteries-3-in-1-sea-life-secrets-water-ski-wipeout-splash-pad-sabotage-franklin-w-dixon-matt-david-santy-gutierrez","provider":"Maggie Mae's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}