Victor Appleton

Author

Victor Appleton

7 books3 series

Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name: Tom Swift, 1910–1941 Motion Picture Chums, 1913–1916 Moving Picture Boys…

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Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books.

The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name:

  • 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
  • Tom Swift (Terror on the Moons of Jupiter)

These writers have written books as Victor Appleton: Bill McCay, John W. Duffield, W. Bert Foster, Bridget McKenna, [author_link_2589], [author_link_2590], [author_link_3060], Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, Howard R. Garis, [author_link_2258], Steven Grant, [author_link_438], Thomas M. Mitchell and Sharmon Divono.

AUTHOR CAREER

Publication timeline

Published and upcoming books by publication year. Undated TBA titles are excluded.

1910–19927 cataloged publications

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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING

Writing profile

Genres are based on books catalogued in Risingshadow’s English-language database. A book may belong to multiple genres.

Main classification

Science Fiction6 (86%)
Other1 (14%)

Each book counts once. Multiple primary genres use the shared presentation order; books without a primary genre are Other.

Genres and themes

Young Adult7 / 7 books
Science Fiction6 / 7 books
Mainstream1 / 7 books