Shirley Jackson

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American author human novelist short story writer writer

Shirley Jackson was an American author renowned for her unsettling works of psychological horror and darkly satirical fiction, including the classic short story "The Lottery" and the novel "The Haunting of Hill House."

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American author → human → novelist → short story writer → writer →
awardReceived	Edgar Allan Poe Award (posthumous special award) →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1916-12-14 →
dateOfDeath	1965-08-08 →
educatedAt	Rochester University of Rochester (attended briefly) → Syracuse University →
familyName	Jackson →
fieldOfWork	horror literature → literature → short fiction →
genre	dark satire → gothic fiction → horror fiction → psychological horror → weird fiction →
givenName	Shirley →
hasInfluencedGenre	modern horror fiction → psychological thriller →
hasPart	memoir "Life Among the Savages" → memoir "Raising Demons" → novel "Hangsaman" → novel "The Haunting of Hill House" → novel "The Sundial" → novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" → short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories" →
influenced	Donna Tartt → Joyce Carol Oates → Neil Gaiman → Richard Matheson → Stephen King →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	American Gothic →
name	Shirley Jackson →
notableIdea	use of ordinary settings to evoke horror →
notableWork	Hangsaman → Life Among the Savages → Raising Demons → The Haunting of Hill House → The Lottery → The Sundial → We Have Always Lived in the Castle →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	essayist → novelist → short story writer →
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	North Bennington, Vermont, United States →
residence	North Bennington, Vermont, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Stanley Edgar Hyman →
workLocation	North Bennington, Vermont, United States →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Haunting of Hill House →	author
The Haunting (1963 film) →	basedOnAuthor
Jackson →	hasNotableBearer
Stephen King →	influencedBy
Shirley Jackson →	name