Shirley Jackson

December 14, 1916 to August 8, 1965

Born in San Francisco & Died in North Bennington, Vermont

Jackson is most widely known for her short story, The Lottery, but the unique voice of The Lottery is apparent throughout all her writing. She filled her stories with tiny details that make the strangest events seem disturbingly plausible. She was the master of the weirdly mundane.

Quote

"I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had."

Off-Site Resource

A Comprehensive Shirley Jackson Website

Bibliography

Novels

The Road Through the Wall - 1948

The Hangsaman - 1950

The Bird's Nest - 1954

The Sundial - 1958

The Haunting of Hill House - 1959

We Have Always Lived In The Castle - 1962

Short Story Collections

The Lottery and Other Stories - 1949

The Magic of Shirley Jackson - 1966 (edited by Stanley Edgar Hyman)

Come Along With Me - 1968 (edited by Stanley Edgar Hyman)

Just An Ordinary Day - 1995 (edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman Stewart)

Children's Books

The Witchcraft of Salem Village - 1956

9 Magic Wishes - 1963

Famous Sally - 1966

Memoirs

Life Among The Savages - 1953

Raising Demons - 1957