The Hidden Staircase

The Hidden Staircase
The original dust jacket for "The Hidden Staircase"
AuthorCarolyn Keene
IllustratorRussell H. Tandy
Cover artistRussell H. Tandy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNancy Drew Mystery Stories
GenreMystery
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
  • April 28, 1930 (original)
  • May 15, 1959 (revised edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages210(1930-1959); 180
ISBN0-448-09502-5
OCLC17335741
Preceded byThe Secret of the Old Clock 
Followed byThe Bungalow Mystery 

The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959.[1] The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, and she has said that it is her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote.[2]

The novel was adapted as a Warner Bros. film, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, in 1939. Another adaptation of the book from Warner Bros. was released on March 15, 2019.

  1. ^ Lundin, Leigh (June 1, 2014). "Secrets of the Girl Sleuth". SleuthSayers.org. Orlando: SleuthSayers. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Benfer, Amy (8 October 1999). "Who was Carolyn Keene?". Salon. Retrieved 2016-04-14.