Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson was an American writer of the mid-20th century. Her most famous works are the horror short story "The Lottery", published in 1948 and the supernatural novel The Haunting of Hill House, published in 1959.

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• Lifetime: 14 December 1916 • 8 August 1965
• Main genre: Gothic horror
• Some other works: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962), Life Among the Savages (1953)
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"To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls."