Biography Of Shirley Jackson
Real Name
Shirley Jackson
Nick Name
Short Story Writers, Novelists
Famous as
Author
Nationality
American
Personal Life of Shirley Jackson
Born on
14 December 1916
Birthday
14th December
Died At Age
48
Sun Sign
Sagittarius
Born in
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died on
08 August 1965
Place of death
North Bennington
City
California
Family Background of Shirley Jackson
Father
Leslie H. Jackson
Mother
Geraldine B. Jackson
Siblings
Barry H. Jackson
Spouse/Partner
Stanley Edgar Hyman
Children
Laurence, Sarah Hyman Stewart
Education
Rochester, NY, University of Rochester, BA English, Syracuse University (1940)
Awards
1960 - National Book Award nomination: The Haunting of Hill House 1962 - One of Time's
Personal Fact of Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson was an American author of novels and short stories, whose most famous short story The Lottery is regarded as one of the greatest short stories ever written. Jackson was born in San Francisco but grew up in Burlingame, California, before the family moved to New York when she was a teenager. She had started writing stories and poems right from the time she was a teenager but it was during her time at the Syracuse University that she really came into her own when the campus magazine published one of her short stories titled Janice.
After graduating from university, she settled down with her husband in New York and started working as a full time writer. Her stories were published in some of the most well-known American magazines and before long she became a known face in the American literary scene. Her first big break came in the form of the short story Come Dance With Me In Ireland but later on her short story The Lottery made her one of the most famous short story writers of her time. She also wrote novels and her novel The Haunting of Hill House was turned into two feature films.
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