num_pages: 340
description: Bella "Bel" Kaufman (born May 10, 1911) is an American teacher and author, best known for writing the 1965 bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase.
language: English
title: Up the Down Staircase
titlecomplete: Up the Down Staircase
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Education, School, Humor, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Teaching
ratings_count: 9919
publisher: Prentice Hall