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Cornell George Hopley Woolrich (/ ˈ w ʊ l r ɪ tʃ / WUUL-ritch; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley .
Cornell Woolrich is widely regarded as the twentieth century’s finest writer of pure suspense fiction. The author of numerous classic novels and short st...
Complete order of Cornell Woolrich books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Cornell Woolrich. Writer: The Window. Prolific mystery writer Cornell Woolrich was born in New York City, but his parents separated when he was young and he spent much of his childhood in Latin America with his father.
Cornell Woolrich, along with Raymond Chandler and James M Cain, was one of the creators of the noir genre. He is the author of many seminal works including REAR WINDOW, the basis of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
Cornell Woolrich has 423 books on Goodreads with 50294 ratings. Cornell Woolrich’s most popular book is The Bride Wore Black.
Jan 6, 2015 · Revered by mystery fans, students of film noir, and lovers of “hard-boiled” crime fiction and detective novels, Cornell Woolrich remains almost unknown to the general reading public. His obscurity persists even though his Hollywood pedigree rivals or exceeds that of Cain, Chandler, and Hammett.
Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968) was an American author most famous for his crime fiction. He published his first book in 1926. His first six novels were considered Jazz Age novels in the style of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Jun 6, 2022 · Cornell Woolrich, the Dark Prince of Noir. David Gordon on the world of Woolrich, ruled by fate, laced with poetry, unspooling like a dream. Five hours and twenty-five minutes. That’s how much time the novel you are holding in your hands will take.
Cornell Woolrich was born in 1903. He bagan writing fiction while at Columbia University in the 1920s, and went on in the ’30s and ’40s to become, along with Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, on eof the creators of the noir genre.
