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Jackson, Shirley

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Jackson, Shirley (1919–1965)

US writer whose work includes novels, short stories, and radio and television scripts. She became known for her haunting fiction after the publication of her disturbing short story The Lottery 1948. She wrote humorous domestic works as well as horror novels, such as The Haunting of Hill House 1959.

Born in San Francisco, Vermont, she studied at the University of Rochester 1934–36, and Syracuse University (BA 1940).



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