Victor Appleton was a
house pseudonym
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
used by the
Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the
Tom Swift series of books.
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor Appleton II names:
* ''
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")
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''Tom Swift'' (Third Series), 1981–1984
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''Tom Swift'' (Fourth Series)'', 1991–1993
Howard R. Garis contributed to the original Tom Swift series.
James Duncan Lawrence wrote 23 of the Tom Swift, Jr. novels.
Open Library on James Duncan Lawrence
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See also
*Roy Rockwood Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boy's adventure books. The name is most well-remembered for the ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' series.
Series
The following series used the Roy Rockwood pse ...
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Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonyms
Tom Swift