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Novels. Short fiction collections. Selected films based on Woolrich's fiction. References. Further reading. External links. Cornell Woolrich. Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( / ˈwʊlrɪtʃ / WUUL-ritch; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Cornell Woolrich. (Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich) ( 1903 - 1968) aka George Hopley, William Irish. 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 ...
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After-Dinner Story is a terrific collection of six short stories by the master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich. Everything from revenge for an unsolved murder, to a man convalescing who believes a man has murdered his wife but can’t get anyone to believe him, to pyromania, and a writer whose story eerily resembles an actual murder, make up a ...
Murder On The Railways. (2003) Description / Buy at Amazon. George Cornell Woolrich was an American short story writer and novelist who may at times wrote his stories under the pen names of George Hopley and William Irish. Francis Navins, his biographer, rated George as one of the best crime writers of his time.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. edit data. Cornell Woolrich is widely regarded as the twentieth century’s finest writer of pure suspense fiction. The author of numerous classic novels and short stories (many of which were turned into classic films) such as Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Waltz Into Darkness, and I ...
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Mar 1, 1990 · Night and Fear: A Centenary Collection of Stories by Cornell Woolrich. Cornell Woolrich, Francis M. Nevins Jr. (Editor, Introduction) 4.19. 160 ratings22 reviews. Cornell Woolrich published his first novel in 1926, and for four decades his fiction riveted the reading public with mystery, suspense, and horror.
The Dancing Detective is a 1946 short story collection by American crime writer Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. It comprises eight short stories all revolving around Woolrich's trademark themes of suspense, detection, horror and macabre irony.
