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1916 – 1965Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)Died 8 August 1965, aged 48Shirley Jackson was an American author best known for her chilling short story "The Lottery" and the Gothic novel The Haunting of Hill House. Her work profoundly influenced later horror and suspense fiction. She died of heart failure at her home in North Bennington, Vermont, on 8 August 1965.