Shirley Jackson

Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories.

14 December 1916

Born on the same birth day (14 December): Andrei Makrov • B. K. S. Iyengar • Bill Ranford • Calvyn Justus • Dick Wagner • Ivan Barbashev • John Lurie • Lester Bangs • Lonnie Walker IV • Morey Amsterdam • Onew • Patty Schnyder • Shaun Marcum • Tomasz Radzinski

Born in the same month (December 1916): Ahmed Ben Bella • Buddy Cole (musician) • Cathy Lewis • Colin McCool • Dino Risi • Elena Garro • Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann • Hilary Koprowski • Jerome Beatty Jr. • Kirk Douglas • Kristján Eldjárn • Leonard Weisgard • Maurice Wilkins • Miguel Arraes • Penelope Fitzgerald • Pérez Prado • Richard Fleischer • Roy Ward Baker • Ruth Johnson Colvin • Walt Arfons • Walt McPherson • Wan Li • Werner Baumbach