Ruth Franklin

Author of Shirley Jackson, A Rather Haunted Life

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“[Franklin] sees Jackson as someone belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James, writers preoccupied, as she was, with inner evil in the human soul.”

—Charles McGrath, New York Times Book Review

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—Charles McGrath, New York Times Book Review

“[Franklin] sees Jackson as someone belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James, writers preoccupied, as she was, with inner evil in the human soul.”
“...uncovers Jackson’s secret and haunting life and repositions her as a major artist”

—Elaine Showalter, Washington Post

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—Elaine Showalter, Washington Post

“...uncovers Jackson’s secret and haunting life and repositions her as a major artist”
“Franklin is a conscientious, lucid biographer, and her book is never less than engaging.”

—Blake Bailey, Wall Street Journal

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—Blake Bailey, Wall Street Journal

“Franklin is a conscientious, lucid biographer, and her book is never less than engaging.”
“Masterful…Taut, insightful, and thrilling...speaks to what it means to be a writer, an artist, and a woman even now.”

—Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe

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—Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe

“Masterful…Taut, insightful, and thrilling...speaks to what it means to be a writer, an artist, and a woman even now.”
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
Winner of the Edgar Award in Critical/Biographical
Winner of the Edgar Award in Medicine and Influence on the Male Body generic tadalafil
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction
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