James Duncan Lawrence ((1918-10-22)October 22, 1918 – (1994-03-19)March 19, 1994), best known as Jim Lawrence, was an American author best known for authoring most of the Tom Swift Jr. series of books (under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II) and the "Friday Foster" comic strip.
[4] As a freelance writer in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he wrote scripts for a number of radio shows, including The Green Hornet and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon.
[3] In the 1970s, he worked for the Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate with illustrator Jordi Longarón on the "Friday Foster" comic strip.
[3] Later in his career, Lawrence co-wrote two Infocom interactive fiction games with Stu Galley: Seastalker (1984) and Moonmist (1986).
Lawrence wrote two original novels based on TV series, both under the pseudonym Max Walker: In 1969, he took over as the writer for the James Bond syndicated comic strip.