William Lindsay Gresham

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American writer biography film human nonfiction book nonfiction writer novel novelist poet

William Lindsay Gresham was an American novelist and nonfiction writer best known for his dark 1946 carnival noir novel "Nightmare Alley," which has been adapted into multiple films.

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William Lindsay Gresham canonical 11

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
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novel ⓘ
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basedOn Nightmare Alley ⓘ
Nightmare Alley ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-08-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1962-09-14 ⓘ
familyName Gresham ⓘ
genre carnival noir ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasAdaptation Nightmare Alley ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley (1947 film)

Nightmare Alley ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
English ⓘ
mainSubject Harry Houdini ⓘ
carnivals ⓘ
mainSubjectOf biographical studies of noir literature ⓘ
movement American noir fiction ⓘ
name William Lindsay Gresham self-link ⓘ
notableWork Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls ⓘ
Monster Midway ⓘ
Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley
occupation nonfiction writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
publicationDate 1946 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Joy Davidman ⓘ
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Nightmare Alley → authorOfSourceWork → William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
Nightmare Alley → author → William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley (novel)
William Lindsay Gresham → name → William Lindsay Gresham self-link ⓘ
William Lindsay Gresham → author → William Lindsay Gresham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham → spouse → William Lindsay Gresham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Joy Davidman
William Lindsay Gresham → author → William Lindsay Gresham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls
William Lindsay Gresham → author → William Lindsay Gresham self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Monster Midway
Nightmare Alley (novel) → author → William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley
Stanton Carlisle → creator → William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
Joy Davidman → spouse → William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
Joy Davidman as an American poet → spouse → William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
subject surface form: Joy Davidman