Born on this day – Shirley Jackson:

Shirley Jackson

Writer

December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965

Credits:

Books:

9 Magic Wishes (1963); A Fabulous, Formless Darkness (1992); A Little Night Reading (1974); A Moment on the Edge (2002); A Science Fiction Argosy (1972); A Visit (1950); American Christmas Stories (2021); American Gothic Tales (1996); American Midnight (2019); And Baby Makes Three (1960); Best Horror Stories 3 (1972); Brave New Worlds (2010); Chapter and Hearse (1985); Charles (1990); Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories (1956); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Come along with Me (1968); Dark (2000); Dark Lessons (1985); Dark Tales (2016); Deadlier (2017); Famous Sally (1966); Fifty Great Short Stories (1952); Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s (2020); From Our Porch Swing / poems (1992); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1992); Hangsaman (1951); Haunting Women (1988); Just an Ordinary Day (1996); Let Me Tell You (2015); Life among the Savages (1953); London Tales of Terror (1972); Loss (2013); Masters of Fantasy (1992); Men with Their Big Shoes (1947); Mistresses of the Dark (1998); More Stories Strange and Sinister (1967); Murderous Schemes (1996); Nightshade (2000); One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts (1979); Open at Your Own Risk (1975); Points of View (1966); Raising Demons (1959); Realms of Darkness (1985); Seasons of Terror (2022); Shirley Jackson Collected Short Stories (2001); Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories (2010); Stories for the Dead of Night (1957); Stories for Winter (2023); Stories of Suspense (1963); Strangeness (1977); Stranger (2002); The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966); The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1970); The American Fantasy Tradition (2002); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Best American Short Stories 1966 (1966); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 4th Series (1955); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 8th Series (1959); The Bird's Nest / aka Lizzie (1954); The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 1 (1976); The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume One (2004); The Cold Embrace (1966); The Colour of Evil (1987); The Daemon Lover (1948); The Dark Descent (1997); The Evil People (1968); The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998); The Granta Book of the American Short Story (1992); The Haunting of Hill House / aka The Haunting (1959); The Letters of Shirley Jackson (2021); The Lottery (1949); The Magic of Shirley Jackson (1966); The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson (1996); The Missing Girl (1957); The Mists From Beyond (1989); The Other Dimension (1972); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Road through the Wall / aka The Other Side of the Street (1948); The Shirley Jackson Collection (2020); The Short Story (1992); The Summer People (1950); The Sundial (1958); The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2009); The Vintage Book of Amnesia (2000); The Web She Weaves (1983); The Weird (2011); The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956); Three Stories (1991); Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952); Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008); Urban Horrors (1990); We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962); Witches' Brew (1984); Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979).

Movies and television:

American Playhouse (1982); Cameo Theatre (1950); Cineficción Radio (2020); Curtain Call (1952); Danger (1955); Fireside Theatre (1951); Histoires insolites (1974); June (2012); Lizzie (1957); Long Twilight (1997); Loteria (2022); Lux Playhouse (1959); Nothing Important (2018); Shoestring Theatre (1959); The Haunting (1963 / 1999); The Haunting of Hill House (2018); The Lottery (1969 / 1996 / 2007 / 2008 / 2015); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Videotape (2017); We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018); Witch (2024); Zizi (1982).