Shirley JacksonShirley Jackson, writer of horror and humor, was born on December 14, 1916 and died during the summer of 1965. Her first novel, "The Road Through the Wall" (1948) was set in the same suburb where he spent his early years; Burlingame, San Francisco, California. In 1934 his family moved to Rochester, New York. She dropped out of the University of Rochester and three years later, Jackson enrolled at Syracuse University where she met her husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. As an editorial assistant for The New Republic he helped her publish "My Life with R.H. Macy" (1941) as her first nationally published story. Jackson is best known for writing "The Lottery," a tale of collective savagery, and "The Haunting of Hill House," a highly acclaimed horror novel. Unknown Author Literary Encyclopedia "Jackson, Shirley" 2005/11/15 Literary Reference Center. Seneca Libraries. November 18, 2007 (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=18832980&site=ehost-live&scope=site) Shirley Jackson was born to father Leslie H. Jackson and mother Geraldine Bugee in San Francisco in 1919. She studied in Rochester New York and at Syracuse University before beginning her writing career. Her first stories "My Life with R.H. Macy" and "After You, My Dear Alphonse" were published before she had her children Joanne, Sarah and Barry with her husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. 1948 was a big year for Jackson as he published five separate pieces including the famous novel The Road Through the Wall and the short story "The Lottery". Jackson's other most recognized works include Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House, House, and We Have Always Lived in a Castle, all of which deal with Jackson's interest in the paranormal. Her two-part autobiographical series titled Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons is an anthology of humorous short stories based on her experiences as a housewife and mother. Unknown Author "Shirley Jackson" Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition, November 18, 2007 http:/ /web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=5&sid=1d7500b2-61a0-44b5-b393-9dc83c183b83%40sessionmgr102BibliographyNovelsThe Nest of bird. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1954. The Executioner. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1950. The Haunting of Hill House. New York: Viking,1959.The Road Through the Wall. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1948. The sundial. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1958. We have always lived in the castle. New York: Viking, 1962. Collected Works Come with Me: Part of a Novel, Sixteen Stories, and Three Lectures. Ed. by Stanley Edgar Hyman. New York: Viking, 1968. Just an Ordinary Day, ed. by Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman Stewart.