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Cornell Woolrich has 412 books on Goodreads with 50014 ratings. Cornell Woolrich’s most popular book is The Bride Wore Black.
( 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 Grace Kelly. Genres: Mystery. Novels.
Jan 8, 2020 · The Noir Poetry and Doomed Romanticism of Cornell Woolrich ‹ CrimeReads. Illuminating the lost classic "Waltz into Darkness" January 8, 2020 By Wallace Stroby. American Mystery Classics. Love kills. Nowhere is that truer than in the work of Cornell Woolrich, America’s greatest noir novelist.
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. Then he was sent back to New York to live with his rich, domineering mother, Claire.
About the Author. 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. Books by Cornell Woolrich published by Titan.
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.
Dec 26, 2014 · 1,830 ratings138 reviews. The story that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock film masterpiece! Cornell Woolrich. His name represents steamy, suspenseful fiction, chilling encounters on the dark and sultry landscape of urban America in the 1930s and 1940s.
