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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 .

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Shirley-JacksonShirley Jackson | Gothic Fiction, Horror Writing & Short ...

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   May 11, 2024 · Shirley Jackson (born December 14, 1916, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died August 8, 1965, North Bennington, Vermont) was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “ The Lottery ” (1948). Compare Shirley Jackson's short story “The Lottery” to the Old Testament's Naboth with James Durbin.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and works of Shirley Jackson, a celebrated American writer of horror, supernatural and satirical fiction. Find out how her short story 'The Lottery' sparked controversy and inspired a movie.

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   • This 1969 video is a production of the Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation. Shirley Jackson (born December 14, 1916, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died August 8, 1965, North Bennington, Vermont) was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “ The Lottery ” (1948).

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   How did Shirley Jackson die?

   • On August 8, at the age of 48, Shirley Jackson died unexpectedly of heart failure during her usual afternoon nap. The following year, Stanley Edgar Hyman published the first of two posthumous anthologies, The Magic of Shirley Jackson, a collection of short stories and three previously-published novels.

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   Where did Shirley Jackson grow up?

   • Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco on December 14, 1916, and spent her childhood in nearby Burlingame, California, where she began writing poetry and short stories as a young teenager. Her family moved East when she was seventeen, and she attended the University of Rochester.

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   Did Shirley Jackson ever get a New Yorker story?

   • In her critical biography of Shirley Jackson, Lenemaja Friedman notes that when Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery" was published in the June 28, 1948, issue of The New Yorker, it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received." Hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by, as Jackson put it, "bewilderment, specul

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   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.”

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   • Death Date: August 8, 1965

   • Birth Date: December 14, 1916

   • The Haunting of Hill House.
   • We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
   • The Lottery.
   • The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson, A.M. Homes (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)

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9. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2016/10/17The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson | The New Yorker

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   Oct 10, 2016 · The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson. A new biography explores one of the twentieth century’s most tortured writers. By Zoë Heller. October 10, 2016. A new biography argues that Jackson’s books...

10. www.nytimes.com › 2023/06/26 › books75 Years After ‘The Lottery,’ Writers Recall the Shirley ...

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    Jun 26, 2023 · 534. By Scott Heller. Published June 26, 2023 Updated July 5, 2023. In its June 26, 1948, issue, The New Yorker published Shirley Jackson’s unsettling story “The Lottery,” and it’s not an...