Shirley Jackson’s weird and always absorbing fictions deliver more daymares than nightmares, describing the often disturbingly sunlit landscapes of schools, shopping centers and churches.

Her name is Shirley Jackson ... about a team of psychics investigating a famous haunted house, is essentially a reimagining of Jackson’s novel. King even referred to it as a “loose remake.” ...

Much like Nathaniel Hawthorne, a writer she admired, Shirley Jackson was one of ... unlucky Mrs. Hutchinson in Jackson’s most famous story, “The Lottery” — growing so involved in the ...

That delicious existential fright, which also reveals the inner workings of the human mind, is precisely why Jackson’s ... is fascinated with the famous, prickly Shirley, whom she finds a ...

The new movie "Shirley" starts after the author Shirley Jackson has published her most famous short story ... I like you, Rosie. Why would I want to harm you? You could run - run fast away ...

“Shirley Jackson? A writer mostly famous for one short story, ‘The Lottery.’ Is LOA about to jump the shark?” In a new, meticulously researched biography, “A Rather Haunted Life,” Ruth ...

From The Haunting of Hill House to We Have Always Lived in the Castle, here are the best Shirley Jackson adaptations, ranked.

Writing “The Lottery” was a snap for Shirley Jackson. Jackson ... story is what all you young people think about these days. Why don't you write something to cheer people up?” ...

By Laura Miller THE LETTERS OF SHIRLEY ... At the same time Jackson also regularly published more sinister, enigmatic short fiction in general-interest magazines; her most famous story, “The ...