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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Shirley-JacksonShirley Jackson | Gothic Fiction, Horror Writing & Short Stories...

    Sep 26, 2024 · Shirley Jackson was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “The Lottery” (1948). Jackson graduated from Syracuse University in 1940 and married the American literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman.

  2. theconversation.com › shirley-jackson-celebrating-75-yearsShirley Jackson: celebrating 75 years of taut, ambiguous,...

    Jun 25, 2024 · Shirley Jackson: celebrating 75 years of taut, ambiguous, disturbing stories. Published: June 25, 2024 11:40am EDT. In June 1948, readers of The New Yorker magazine were confronted by one of the...

  3. the-line-up.com › shirley-jacksonShirley Jackson: Life, Career, and Legacy - The Lineup

    Aug 23, 2024 · Shirley Jackson is an American horror author known for her atmospheric and chilling tales. Over the course of her career, she wrote six novels, two memoirs, and over 200 short stories.

  4. scroll.in › article › 1070242Celebrating 75 years of Shirley Jackson’s taut, ambiguous,...

    Jul 28, 2024 · Celebrating 75 years of Shirley Jackson’s taut, ambiguous, disturbing stories. First published in April 1949, ‘The Lottery and Other Stories’ remains a powerful reminder of Jackson’s...

  5. www.tcd.ie › news_events › articlesShirley Jackson: celebrating 75 years of taut, ambiguous,...

    Jun 26, 2024 · The Lottery, written by a young writer named Shirley Jackson opens with a description of a deceptively idyllic rural community. It is a “clear and sunny” morning in June, and villagers cheerfully gather in their local square for the annual drawing of lots from which no one can be excluded.

  6. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/05/09Judy Oppenheimer, author of Shirley Jackson biography, dies at 82...

    May 9, 2024 · Judy Oppenheimer, a writer and journalist best known for a biography exploring the brief, tortured life of author Shirley Jackson, whose short story “The Lottery” became one of the most widely...

  7. paulinaesperanzarodriguez.substack.com › p › a-beginners-guideA Beginner’s Guide to Shirley Jackson - by Paulina - Substack

    Apr 17, 2024 · Shirley Jackson, proto-feminist mother of four who brilliantly captured the ennui of the post-WWII housewife? (Less likely.) There is no one answer. Jackson was all of these, and all within the confines of a relatively short career.

  8. sionlrc.libguides.com › cWe Have Always Lived in the Castle (Text Study): Shirley Jackson

    May 24, 2024 · Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories.

  9. books.google.com › books › aboutShirley Jackson s Dark Tales : Reconsidering the Short Fiction

    Feb 22, 2024 · Bloomsbury Publishing, Feb 22, 2024 - Literary Criticism - 248 pages. The first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look...

  10. lithub.com › listen-to-the-only-recording-of-shirley-jacksonListen to the only recording of Shirley Jackson’s voice—as she...

    Oct 27, 2023 · In 1960, five years before her death, Shirley Jackson recorded readings of “The Lottery” and “The Daemon Lover” for an outfit called Folkways Records—the only time we know of that she ever recorded performances of her own work.