<P> The names Secret Seven and Famous Five had already been used by author Charles Hamilton , under the pen - name Frank Richards , in his long - running series of stories featuring Billy Bunter and Greyfriars School . The Secret Seven was the name of a secret society that featured in a series of eleven stories published in The Magnet magazine in 1934 ; the term `` Famous Five '' dates from 1910 and is applied to a group of the leading characters . </P>
<P> The names Secret Seven and Famous Five had already been used by author Charles Hamilton , under the pen - name Frank Richards , in his long - running series of stories featuring Billy Bunter and Greyfriars School . The Secret Seven was the name of a secret society that featured in a series of eleven stories published in The Magnet magazine in 1934 ; the term `` Famous Five '' dates from 1910 and is applied to a group of the leading characters . </P>
when did enid blyton wrote the secret seven
when did enid blyton wrote the secret seven
1934
1934