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Shirley Jackson (I) (1916–1965)

Shirley Jackson was a horror and mystery writer born in San Francisco, California in 1916. She is best remembered for her unsettling novel of paranoia and the supernatural, 'The Haunting of Hill House' (1959) and her terrifying short story 'The Lottery' (1948), a horror tale rife with symbolism that is still puzzled over by critics and academics to this day... See full bio »

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2012 June (short) (story)
 
2008 The Lottery (short) (based on an original story by)
 
2007 The Lottery (short) (story)
 
1999 The Haunting (novel "The Haunting of Hill House")
 
1997 Hosszú alkony (story "The Bus")
 
1996 The Lottery (TV movie) (short story)
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Come Along with Me (1982) (story)
 
1982 Zizi (short)
 
1974 Histoires insolites (TV series)
 
1969 The Lottery (short) (story)
 
1963 The Haunting (novel "The Haunting of Hill House")
 
1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV series)
The Lottery (1960) (story)
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
Boy on a Fence (1959) (story)
 
1957 Lizzie (novel "The Bird's Nest")
 
1952 Curtain Call (TV series)
The Summer People (1952) (story)
 
1951 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
The Lottery (1951) (story)
 
1950 Cameo Theatre (TV series)
 
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2013 Videotape (additional acknowledgments) (completed)
 
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Other Works:

When her short story "The Lottery" was first published in the 26 June 1948 issue of "The New Yorker," readers canceled subscriptions. Since then, the story has been translated into many languages, collected and often anthologized. It has been adapted to film, radio, TV, opera, ballet and a one-act play. See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"If I thought this was a valid cross section of the reading public, I would give up writing." (in response to the hate mail that met the publication of her famous story "The Lottery" in The New Yorker, 1948) See more »

Trivia:

Author Jack Ketchum narrated 10 pages from the legendary horror novel 'The Haunting of Hill House' aka The Haunting by Shirley Jackson. The reading took place in Burlington, Massachusetts at the annual 'Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic'. See more »

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