Cornell Woolrich
1903
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1968
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: detective fiction
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Columbia University
occupation: writer, novelist, screenwriter
award received: Edgar Awards, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, Martin Beck Award
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( WUUL-ritch; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich the fourth best crime writer of his day, behind Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner and Raymond Chandler. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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