Victor Appleton

Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.^[1]

Cover of The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front

The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor Appleton II names:^[2]

• 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

Howard R. Garis contributed to the original Tom Swift series.^[3] James Duncan Lawrence wrote 23 of the Tom Swift, Jr. novels.^[4]

See also

• Roy Rockwood