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dbpedia:Shirley_Jackson

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Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American author. She was a popular writer in her time, and her work has received increased attention from literary critics in recent years. She influenced Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson.She is best known for the short story "The Lottery" (1948), which suggests a secret, sinister underside to bucolic small-town America.

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Shirley Jackson Jackson, Shirley

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Novelist, short story writer

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Jackson, Shirley Hardie (birth name); Hyman, Shirley (married name; used in private life)

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1916-12-14Z

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Shirley Hardie Jackson

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dbpedia:California dbpedia:San_Francisco

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1916-01-01Z

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1965-08-08Z

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n8:_Vermont

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1965-01-01Z

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dbpedia:Horror_fiction dbpedia:Mystery_fiction

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dbpedia:Nigel_Kneale dbpedia:Brian_Freeman dbpedia:Neil_Gaiman dbpedia:Stephen_King n6:_Brite dbpedia:Jonathan_Lethem dbpedia:Richard_Matheson dbpedia:Vanna_Bonta

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dbpedia:Novelist