Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of series for children and adults including the Nancy Drew mysteries The Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift Tom Swift is the young protagonist in several series of juvenile adventure novels which began in the early twentieth century and continues to the present
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name:
- Tom Swift, 1910–1941
- Motion Picture Chums, 1913–1916
- Moving Picture Boys, 1913–1922
- Movie Boys, 1926–1927
- Don Sturdy, 1925-1935
- Tom Swift, Jr., 1954–1971 (technically, "Victor Appleton II")
- Tom Swift (Third Series), 1981–1984
- Tom Swift (Fourth Series), 1991–1993
- Tom Swift (Terror on the Moons of Jupiter)
Ghostwriters of these books included Howard Roger Garis, John W. Tom Swift is the young protagonist in several series of juvenile adventure novels which began in the early twentieth century and continues to the present Don Sturdy was a fictional character in the Don Sturdy series of 15 American children's adventure novels published between 1925 and 1935 Tom Swift Jr is the protagonist of a series of juvenile adventure novels aimed at male adolescents following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift ("Senior" A ghostwriter is a professional Writer who is paid to write books articles stories reports or other content which are officially credited to another person Howard Roger Garis, ( 25 April 1873, Binghamton, New York – 6 November 1962, Amherst, Massachusetts Duffield, W. Bert Foster, Debra Doyle with James D. Macdonald, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Robert E. Vardeman, and Thomas M. Dr Debra Doyle (born 1952 is an American author writing in multiple related genres including Science fiction, Fantasy, and mystery. James D Macdonald (1954-) is an American author and critic who lives in New Hampshire with his wife and frequent collaborator Dr Fergus (also Feargus) Gwynplaine MacIntyre is a Scottish-born journalist novelist, poet and illustrator who now resides in Wales and New York Robert Edward Vardeman (sometimes called Vardebob) (1947-) is an American Science fiction fan and Writer. Mitchell.
External links
- Works by Victor Appleton at Project Gutenberg
- Victor Appleton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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