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Victor Appleton
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<p>Victor Appleton was a <a href="/facts/House_pseudonym/0FB0nvKF">house pseudonym</a> used by the <a href="/facts/Stratemeyer_Syndicate/ETapmvjz">Stratemeyer Syndicate</a> and its successors, most famous for being associated with the <a href="/facts/Tom_Swift/Uo1b0Cpx">Tom Swift</a> series of books. </p><p>The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton and Victor Appleton II names: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Tom_Swift/Uo1b0Cpx">Tom Swift</a></i>, 1910–1941</li> <li><i>Motion Picture Chums</i>, 1913–1916</li> <li><i>Moving Picture Boys</i>, 1913–1922</li> <li><i>Movie Boys</i>, 1926–1927</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Don_Sturdy/vhmtrmJG">Don Sturdy</a></i>, 1925–1935</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tom_Swift%2c_Jr./KWkANF8d">Tom Swift, Jr.</a></i>, 1954–1971 (technically, "Victor Appleton II")</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Swift_III/TvvbockS"><i>Tom Swift</i> (Third Series)</a>, 1981–1984</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Swift_IV/prWhhaGx"><i>Tom Swift</i> (Fourth Series)</a><i>, 1991–1993</i></li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Howard_R._Garis/PJcHsSqe">Howard R. Garis</a> contributed to the original Tom Swift series. <a href="/facts/James_Duncan_Lawrence_(author)/PKmIwp2m">James Duncan Lawrence</a> wrote 23 of the Tom Swift, Jr. novels. </p>