A biography on charles leslie mcfarlane
Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, – September 6, ) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for.
Charles Leslie McFarlane 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..
Leslie McFarlane
Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker
Leslie McFarlane | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Leslie McFarlane (1902-10-25)October 25, 1902 Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | September 6, 1977(1977-09-06) (aged 74) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Pen name | Franklin W.
Dixon, Carolyn Keene |
| Occupation | novelist, screenwriter, journalist, filmmaker |
| Genre | Young adultadventure fiction |
| Notable works | Hardy Boys series |
| Children | Brian McFarlane |
Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977)[1] was a Canadianjournalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonymFranklin W.
Dixon.[2]
Biography
Early life
The son of a school principal, McFarlane was raised in the town of Haileybury, Ontario. He became a freelance writer shortly after high school.
He and his family moved to Whitby, O