author
John Blaine
Best known as the name on the classic Rick Brant adventures, this pen name belongs mainly to Harold L. Goodwin, with Peter J. Harkins involved in the earliest books. The stories mixed science, mystery, and fast-moving adventure for generations of young readers.
2 Audiobooks
The Boy Scouts on a Submarine
by John Blaine
The Boy Scouts In Russia
by John Blaine
About the author
John Blaine was the shared pen name used for the Rick Brant series, a run of science-based adventure novels for younger readers. Reliable sources agree that Harold L. Goodwin wrote the full series, with Peter J. Harkins co-authoring the first three books.
The Rick Brant books followed a teenage hero through mysteries, inventions, and scientific problem-solving, helping make the series a memorable part of mid-20th-century juvenile science fiction. The books were published over many years by Grosset & Dunlap, and the name John Blaine became closely tied to smart, brisk adventures with a strong science angle.
Because John Blaine was a pseudonym rather than a single public figure, a clear confirmed portrait for that pen name is not readily available from the sources reviewed here.