Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2016 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon Still known to millions primarily as the author of “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) has been curiously absent from the mainstream American literary canon. A genius of literary suspense and psychological horror, Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America more deeply than anyone. Now, biographer Ruth Franklin reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author of such classics as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I am honoring Shirley Jackson’s 100th…