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Shirley Jackson (I) (1916–1965)

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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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Shirley Hardie Jackson
in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 48) in North Bennington, Vermont, USA
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2012 June (short) (story) (completed)
 
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)
– Un jour comme les autres avec des cacahuètes (1974) (short story)
 
1969 The Lottery (short) (story)
 
1963 The Haunting (based on the novel by: "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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2012 Videotape (additional acknowledgments) (completed)
 
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After meetings with Franchot Tone in 1950, wrote a screen treatment for a film based on the life of dancer Isadora Duncan. The film never went into production. See more »

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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:

Stephen King, in his book 'Danse Macabre' devotes a lengthy piece of prose to Jackson's opening paragraph of 'The Haunting of Hill House'. His analysis conveys the sheer unsettling power Jackson evokes in just a few short lines. See more »

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