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Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories .
The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films ( The Haunting, directed by Robert Wise, and its remake ), a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series .
May 11, 2024 · Shirley Jackson was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “The Lottery” (1948). Jackson graduated from Syracuse University in 1940 and married the American literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman.
Shirley Jackson, 1916-1965, one of the most brilliant and influential authors of the twentieth century, is widely acclaimed for her stories and novels of the supernatural, including the well-known short story “The Lottery” and the best-selling novel “The Haunting of Hill House.”
Oct 10, 2016 · Zoë Heller on Ruth Franklin’s biography of Shirley Jackson, “A Rather Haunted Life,” which explores one of the twentieth century’s most tortured writers.
Shirley Jackson was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such writers as Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson.
Shirley Jackson is known to countless American schoolchildren today primarily for one story: “ The Lottery ,” a terrifying portrait of the brutality within us, which, when it first appeared...
Dec 14, 2016 · A full century after the birth of the author Shirley Jackson—who was born on Dec. 14, 1916—her name remains synonymous with the psychological drama of her stories and novels, most famously the...
Mar 3, 2017 · Secret Histories: On Shirley Jackson. by Heather Clark. On June 27, 1948, Shirley Jackson published “The Lottery” in The New Yorker. Savagery unfolds slowly in this strange, spare story about a ritual stoning in a New England village. Jackson opens with images of blossoming flowers and “richly green” grass.
Jun 25, 2024 · Shirley Jackson: celebrating 75 years of taut, ambiguous, disturbing stories. Published: June 25, 2024 11:40am EDT. In June 1948, readers of The New Yorker magazine were confronted by one of...
