Dates
Shirley Jackson's birthday
December 14, 1916
Her most famous short story about a small town with a strange, unique tradition.
"The Lottery"
The man Jackson married.
Stanley Edgar Hyman
San Francisco, California
Affluent
Shirley Jackson's death date
August 8, 1965
A novel about a group of people, including Eleanor Vance, experience the supernatural in an isolated location.
The Haunting of Hill House
The university where Jackson received her BA.
Syracuse University
Jackson's literary genre (3)
Horror/Mystery/Gothic
Year she got married
1940
The literary magazine where Jackson published her fiction.
The New Yorker
Cause of death
Cardiac arrest/heart attack
Jackson experienced fear. Related to this concept, she also suffered from...
agoraphobia
Publication year of We Have Always Lived in the Castle
1962
A semi-autobiographical novel intended to get back at Jackson's parents.
The Road Through the Wall
Her mother's feelings upon Shirley's conception.
Disappointed
Result of feeling socially rejected in North Bennington.
Alcohol and drug abuse (tranquilizers and amphetamines)
The year the book The Haunting of Hill House was published AND the year the first movie adaptation came out, The Haunting.
1959 & 1963
The book about a stay-at-home mom struggling to maintain her family.
Life Among the Savages
Jackson's children
Laurence
Joanne
Sarah
Barry
A struggle in her marriage...
Adultery; reluctantly agreed to an open marriage