Order of Mildred A. Wirt Books
Mildred A. Wirt Benson (1905-2002) was an American author of children’s books. Working under the Stratemeyer Syndicate, she wrote most of the first 30 Nancy Drew novels (writing as Carolyn Keene). She also contributed to many other series, including the Dana Girls, Penny Nichols, Dot and Dash, Honey Bunch, Kay Tracey and Ruth Fielding. She also wrote the Penny Parker series under her own name.
Mildred A. Wirt became a published author in 1927 with the novel Ruth Fielding and Her Great Scenario (writing as Alice B. Emerson). Her debut under her own name was the 1935 standalone title The Sky Racers. Her final novel was the 1960 novel Kristie at College. Below is a list of Mildred A. Wirt’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Ruth Fielding Books
| Ruth Fielding and Her Great Scenario | (1927) |
  
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| Ruth Fielding at Cameron Hall | (1928) |
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| Ruth Fielding Clearing Her Name | (1929) |
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| Ruth Fielding in Talking Pictures | (1930) |
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| Ruth Fielding and Baby June | (1931) |
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| Ruth Fielding and Her Double | (1932) |
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| Ruth Fielding and Her Greatest Triumph | (1933) |
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| Ruth Fielding and Her Crowning Victory | (1934) |
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Publication Order of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books
| The Secret of the Old Clock | (1930) |
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| The Hidden Staircase | (1930) |
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| The Bungalow Mystery | (1930) |
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| The Mystery at Lilac Inn | (1930) |
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| The Secret at Shadow Ranch | (1931) |
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| The Secret of Red Gate Farm | (1931) |
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| The Clue in the Diary | (1932) |
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| The Clue of the Broken Locket | (1934) |
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| The Message in the Hollow Oak | (1935) |
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| The Mystery of the Ivory Charm | (1936) |
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| The Whispering Statue | (1937) |
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| The Haunted Bridge | (1938) |
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| The Clue of the Tapping Heels | (1939) |
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| The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk | (1940) |
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| The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion | (1941) |
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| The Quest of the Missing Map | (1942) |
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| The Clue in the Jewel Box | (1943) |
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| The Secret in the Old Attic | (1944) |
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| The Clue in the Crumbling Wall | (1945) |
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| The Mystery of the Tolling Bell | (1946) |
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| The Clue in the Old Album | (1947) |
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| The Ghost of Blackwood Hall | (1948) |
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| The Clue of the Velvet Mask | (1953) |
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Publication Order of Doris Force Books
| Doris Force at Locked Gates | (1931) |
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| Doris Force at Cloudy Cove | (1931) |
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Publication Order of Madge Sterling Books
| The Missing Formula | (1932) |
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| The Deserted Yacht | (1932) |
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| The Secret of the Sundial | (1939) |
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Publication Order of Kay Tracey Books
| The Mystery of the Swaying Curtains | (1935) |
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| The Shadow on the Door | (1935) |
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| The Six Fingered Glove Mystery | (1936) |
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| The Green Cameo Mystery | (1936) |
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| Beneath the Crimson Brier Bush | (1937) |
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| The Secret at the Windmill | (1937) |
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| The Message in the Sand Dunes | (1938) |
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| The Murmuring Portrait | (1938) |
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| When the Key Turned | (1939) |
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| In the Sunken Garden | (1939) |
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| The Sacred Feather | (1940) |
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Publication Order of Dana Girls Mystery Stories Books
| The Secret at the Hermitage | (1936) |
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| The Circle of Footprints | (1937) |
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| The Mystery of the Locked Room | (1938) |
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| The Clue in the Cobweb | (1939) |
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| The Secret at the Gatehouse | (1940) |
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| The Mysterious Fireplace | (1941) |
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| The Clue of the Rusty Key | (1942) |
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| The Portrait in the Sand | (1943) |
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| The Clue in the Ivy | (1952) |
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| The Secret of the Jade Ring | (1953) |
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| Mystery at the Crossroads | (1954) |
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Publication Order of Penny Nichols Books
| Penny Nichols Finds a Clue | (1936) |
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| Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key | (1936) |
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| Penny Nichols and the Black Imp | (1936) |
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| Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery | (1939) |
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Publication Order of Honey Bunch Books
| Her First Little Treasure Hunt | (1937) |
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| Her First Little Club | (1938) |
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| Her First Trip in a Trailer | (1939) |
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| Her First Trip to a Big Fair | (1940) |
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| Her First Twin Playmates | (1941) |
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Publication Order of Dot and Dash Books
| Dot and Dash at the Maple Sugar Camp | (1938) |
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| Dot and Dash at Happy Hollow | (1938) |
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| Dot and Dash in the North Woods | (1939) |
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| Dot and Dash in the Pumpkin Patch | (1939) |
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| Dot and Dash at the Seashore | (1940) |
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Publication Order of Penny Parker Books
| Tale of the Witch Doll | (1939) |
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| The Vanishing Houseboat | (1939) |
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| Danger at the Drawbridge | (1940) |
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| Behind the Green Door | (1940) |
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| Clue of the Silken Ladder | (1941) |
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| The Secret Pact | (1941) |
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| The Clock Strikes Thirteen | (1942) |
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| The Wishing Well | (1942) |
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| Saboteurs on the River | (1943) |
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| Ghost Beyond the Gate | (1943) |
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| Hoofbeats on the Turnpike | (1944) |
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| Voice from the Cave | (1944) |
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| Guilt of the Brass Thieves | (1945) |
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| Signal in the Dark | (1946) |
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| Whispering Walls | (1946) |
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| Swamp Island | (1947) |
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| The Cry at Midnight | (1947) |
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Publication Order of Connie Carl Books
| Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch | (1939) |
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Publication Order of Flash Evans Books
| Flash Evans and the Darkroom Mystery | (1940) |
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| Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk | (1940) |
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Publication Order of Boy Scout Explorers Books
| Boy Scout Explorers at Emerald Valley | (1955) |
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| Boy Scout Explorers at Treasure Mountain | (1955) |
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| Boy Scout Explorers at Headless Hollow | (1957) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Sky Racers | (1935) |
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| Carolina Castle | (1936) |
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| Courageous Wings | (1937) |
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| The Runaway Caravan | (1937) |
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| The Shadow Stone | (1937) |
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| Through the Moon-Gate Door | (1938) |
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| Linda | (1940) |
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| Mystery of the Laughing Mask | (1940) |
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| Pirate Brig | (1950) |
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| Dangerous Deadline | (1957) |
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| Quarry Ghost | (1959) |
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| Kristie at College | (1960) |
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Notes: The Ruth Fielding series is written using the house name of Alice B. Emerson. The Nancy Drew and Dana Girls novels are written as Carolyn Keene. The Honey Bunch series is written as Helen Louise Thorndyke. The Dot and Dash series is written as Dorothy West. The Doris Force series is written using the pen name Julia K. Duncan. The Madge Sterling series is written as Ann Wirt. The Kay Tracey books are written using the house name of Frances K. Judd. The Flash Evans series is written as Frank Bell. The Boy Scout Explorers series is written using the pseudonym of Don Palmer.
The Penny Nichols series and the novel Connie Carl at Rainbow Ranch are written using the pen name of Joan Clark. The novels Dangerous Deadline, Quarry Ghost and Kristie at College are written as Mildred Benson.
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Mildred A. Wirt Synopsis: Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene (aka Mildred A. Wirt) is the 17th book in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. A trunk has been sent to Nancy’s cabin on an ocean liner by mistake, and it puts her on the tracks of international jewel thieves who are aboard the same ship.
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