Leslie McFarlane
Leslie McFarlane | |
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| Born | Charles Leslie McFarlane October 25, 1902 Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | September 6, 1977 (aged 74) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Pen name | Franklin W. Dixon, Carolyn Keene |
| Occupation | novelist, screenwriter, journalist, filmmaker |
| Genre | Young adult adventure fiction |
| Notable works | Hardy Boys series |
| Children | Brian 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.