Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

by Franklin, Ruth

Biography & True Stories

Published 07/11/2017 by WW Norton & Co (Liveright Publishing Corporation) in the United States.

Paperback | 624 pages, 60 illustrations

A genius of literary suspense, known to millions as the author of the 'The Lottery', Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better than anyone. Based on a wealth of previously undiscovered correspondence and dozens of interviews, Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author, firmly placing Jackson within the American Gothic tradition.