Everything Hardy Boys - Authors & Ghostwriters

. Ghostwriters .

Authors past Digest #83 were not employed by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and, therefore, records are not available to researchers at this time (however, as shown by my lists here, Hardy enthusiasts have discovered many authors by email, websites, etc). . Original Texts:

1 - 16 Leslie McFarlane
17 - 21 John Button
22 - 24 Leslie McFarlane
25 Harriet Adams
26 Amy McFarlane (Leslie's wife; see note 1)
27 George Waller
28 - 30 Andrew Svenson
31 William Doughtery
32 Richard Cohen
33 William Doughtery
34 Charles Strong
35 - 36 John Almquist
37 - 38 James Lawrence [multi text-versions of books ends here]

Revised Texts:

1 - 2 Harriet Adams
3 Alistair Hunter
4 James Buechler
5 Alistair Hunter
6 David Grambs
7 Andrew Svenson
8 Anne Shultes (Harriet and Andrew Svenson rewrote the manuscript)
9 - 10 Tom Mulvey
11 James Buechler
12 David Grambs
13 Tom Mulvey
14 James Buechler
15 Tom Mulvey
16 - 17 James Lawrence
18 Tom Mulvey
19 James Lawrence
20 Vincent Buranelli
21 Richard Deming
22 Vincent Buranelli
23 Andrew Svenson
24 - 26 Priscilla Baker-Carr
27 David Grambs
28 Priscilla Baker-Carr
29 David Grambs, June Dunn, & Priscilla Baker-Carr
30 - 38 Priscilla Baker-Carr
39 James Lawrence
40 - 41 James Buechler
42 Alistair Hunter
43 Harriet Adams
44 David Grambs
45 Andrew Svenson
46 Tom Mulvey
47 Jerrold Mundis
48 Andrew Svenson
49 Vincent Buranelli
50 Andrew Svenson
51 Vincent Buranelli
52 - 54 Andrew Svenson
55 - 57 Vincent Buranelli
58 Andrew Svenson

Digests:

59 - 60 James Duncan Lawrence
61 Vincent Buranelli
62 James Duncan Lawrence
63 - 65 Vincent Buranelli
66 Richard Deming
67 James Duncan Lawrence
68 Conrad Fuchs (see note 2)
69 Laurence Swinburne
70 Karl Harr III (see note 3)
71 Vincent Buranelli
72 Karl Harr III
73 Laurence Swinburne
74 James Duncan Lawrence
75 Vincent Buranelli
76 Laurence Swinburne
77 Vincent Buranelli
78 - 79 Karl Harr III
80 Vincent Buranelli
81 Karl Harr III
82 James Duncan Lawrence
83 Neal Barrett, Jr.
85 Neal Barrett, Jr. (#84's authorship is unknown)
95 Chris Lampton [see note nine]
99 Chris Lampton
100 Chris Lampton
102 Chris Lampton
106 Chris Lampton
109 Chris Lampton
110 Chris Lampton
116 Chris Lampton
120 Chris Lampton
124 Francess Lantz
160 Stephen D. Sullivan
163 Stephen D. Sullivan
165 Stephen D. Sullivan
172 Stephen D. Sullivan [see note eight]
173 Stephen D. Sullivan
175 Stephen D. Sullivan
176 Stephen D. Sullivan
177 George Edward Stanley
178 George Edward Stanley
180 Stephen D. Sullivan
182 George Edward Stanley
183 Stephen D. Sullivan
185 Stephen D. Sullivan
188 Stephen D. Sullivan
189 George Edward Stanley
190 Stephen D. Sullivan

Casefiles:

3 Steven Grant
6 Steven Grant
9 Peter Lerangis
13 Peter Lerangis
14 Steven Grant
17 Bruce Whitehill
18 Peter Lerangis
19 Steven Grant
20 Barbara Steiner
21 Susan & Bill Albert
23 Ron Goulart [see note nine]
27 Larry Mike Garmon
29 Steven Grant
30 Ron Goulart
31 Susan & Bill Albert
33 Rick Oliver
36 Larry Mike Garmon
37 Peter Lerangis
39 Larry Mike Garmon
40 Rick Oliver
43 Larry Mike Garmon
44 Ron Goulart
45 Rick Oliver
46 Larry Mike Garmon
50 Rick Oliver
57 David Robbins
59 Rick Oliver
62 Steven Grant
65 Chris Lampton
69 Rick Oliver
76 Rick Oliver (rewrite only, see note five)
77 Rick Oliver
79 Francess Lantz
85 Rick Oliver
88 Rick Oliver (rewrite only, see note five)
93 Rick Oliver
98 Rick Oliver (rewrite only, see note five)
100 Rick Oliver
124 Stephen D. Sullivan
126 Larry Mike Garmon (see note four)
128 Jerry Novick (not published; see note seven)

Supermysteries:

Peter Lerangis: Crime for Christmas, Shock Waves, Buried in Time (see note six)
Larry Mike Garmon: Buried in Time (see note six)
Tracey West: Spies and Lies
Lou Foley [Louise Foley]: Unpublished #38, working title of The Playhouse Mystery, maybe others?

Note 1: Correspondence between Stratemeyer and Amy McFarlane shows that Leslie was supposedly fishing when the outline for Freighter came in, so Amy took the job of writing it. For more information on this puzzle, please see The Bayport Gazette Issue 15, Brian McFarlane interview.

Note 2: Conrad Fuchs wrote this book in German and Syndicate editor Lilo Wuenn translated the manuscript into English.

Note 3: Karl Harr III was Harriet Adams's grandson.

Note 4: Larry Mike Garmon fell ill during the writing of this book and an unknown Ghostwriter finished it.

Note 5: In the words of Mr. Oliver: Well, if you had seen the original manuscripts, you’d know why the editors wanted someone to rewrite them. I think Mega-Books had a pretty tight budget. They couldn’t exactly throw big money at established writers; so sometimes they took a chance on a new writer -- and sometimes that didn’t work out.

Note 6: According to Mr. Garmon, "I created and outlined the Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys Supermystery Buried in Time" - if this is so, then misters Lerangis and Garmon shared the authorwork for this book. For more information, see the letter from Mr. Garmon.

Note 7: Casefile 128, Explosive Force, was written but not released. See Bayport Gazette Issue Nine for more info.

Note 8: According to the author, this volume (172) was originally planned as the end of the series.

Note 9: Thanks to Hardy & Hardy Investigations (www.synsine.com) for Chris Lampton, Ron Goulart