August 13, 2004
2 Children's Authors and Their Decidedly Un-Storybook Lives
CHILDHOOD MYSTERIES: The authors of storybooks don't necessarily lead storybook lives. For instance, those who fondly remember the Hardy Boys may have imagined Franklin W. Dixon, the children's mystery-series author, as a tall, dark figure much like Fenton Hardy, the father of the boy sleuths.
But Mr. Dixon did not write the mystery series. In fact, he never existed at all. Instead, it was created by two men: one, a wealthy businessman with an eye for mystery, and the other, a Canadian
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