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.

• The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
  The Secret of the Lost Tunnel 1950
• Clue in the ancient disguise
  Clue in the ancient disguise 1982
• The stolen kiss
  The stolen kiss 1995
• Running scared

  
  Running scared 1992
• Open Season

  
  Open Season 1992
• Secret of Shady Glen

  
  Secret of Shady Glen 1988
• Lethal Cargo

  
  Lethal Cargo 1992
• Between the lines

  
  Between the lines 1990
• Wings of fear

  
  Wings of fear 1987
• Cave-in

  
  Cave-in 1983
• Buried secrets

  
  Buried secrets 1987
• The Nancy Drew sleuth book

  
  The Nancy Drew sleuth book 1978
• Acting Up

  
  Acting Up 1996
• False Notes

  
  False Notes 2004
• The Case of the Photo Finish

  
  The Case of the Photo Finish 1990
• Racing to Disaster

  
  Racing to Disaster 1994
• The Clue of the Broken Blade

  
  The Clue of the Broken Blade 1942
• In the Name of Love

  
  In the Name of Love 1996
• Survival of the Fittest
  Survival of the Fittest 1997
• False Friends
  False Friends 1996
• The Secret of Skull Mountain
  The Secret of Skull Mountain 1948
• Perfect cover
  Perfect cover 2008
• The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
  The Ghost at Skeleton Rock 1957
• The message in the haunted mansion
  The message in the haunted mansion 1994