A biography on charles leslie mcfarlane

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    Leslie McFarlane

    Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker

    Leslie McFarlane

    BornCharles Leslie McFarlane
    (1902-10-25)October 25, 1902
    Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
    DiedSeptember 6, 1977(1977-09-06) (aged 74)
    Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
    Pen nameFranklin W.

    Dixon, Carolyn Keene

    Occupationnovelist, screenwriter, journalist, filmmaker
    GenreYoung adultadventure fiction
    Notable worksHardy Boys series
    ChildrenBrian 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