Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson was born in 1916 and died in 1965. Their most popular book is The Haunting of Hill House with 1530 saves and an average rating of 3.72.

Author Bio

Shirley Jackson was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her story “The Lottery” (1948).

Jackson graduated from Syracuse University in 1940 and married the American literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman. They settled in North Bennington in 1945. Life Among the Savages (1953) and Raising Demons (1957) are witty and humorous fictionalized memoirs about their life with their four children. The light comic tone of those books contrasts sharply with the dark pessimism of Jackson’s other works, whose general theme is the presence of evil and chaos just beneath the surface of ordinary everyday life. “The Lottery,” a chilling tale whose meaning has been much debated, provoked widespread public outrage when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. Jackson’s six finished novels, especially The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962), further established her reputation as a master of gothic horror and psychological suspense.

Let Me Tell You (2015) was a posthumously issued collection of stories and essays, the majority of which had never been published.

Source: Britannica, 2025

Wikipedia

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

2 primary books

Authored 100% of series

Jacksons

Jacksons is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1953 with contributions by Shirley Jackson and Lisa Lockford.

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Life Among the Savages
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Raising Demons

Series

10 released books

Authored 20% of series

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1957 with contributions by Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, and Roal Dahl.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV
25 racconti del terrore: vietati alla tv
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories for Late at Night
Alfred Hitchcock presenta: cuentos que mi madre nunca me contó
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me

Series

19 primary books18 released books

Authored 5% of series

U.S. Landmark Books

U.S. Landmark Books is a 18-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 1943 with contributions by Armstrong Sperry, James Daugherty, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus
#2
The  landing of the Pilgrims
#4
Paul Revere and the Minute Men
#5
Our independence and the constitution
#10
The Panama Canal

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

Hill House

Hill House is a 1-book series first released in 1959 with contributions by Shirley Jackson.

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A Maldição de Hill House

Series

10 primary books

Authored 0% of series

Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories

Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by R.C. Cook, Stanley Ellin, and E.F. Benson.

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