{"book":{"book":"The Haunting of Hill House","author":"","publicationYear":"","description":"With stories like “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson was one of the great horror authors of the 20th century. In 2012, Ruth Franklin wrote a biography of the writer called Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life. In today’s episode, we revisit a conversation between Franklin and NPR’s Linda Wertheimer. They talk about Jackson’s childhood, domestic life, and her unique ability to see \"extraordinary evil” under the surface of ordinary life","image":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1900x1900+0+0/resize/3000/quality/66/format/jpg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdb%2Fe4%2Ffe5339a84e7487b2e7b5f8a54e46%2Fad66a354-dcce-466d-9818-4ab9a5a65519.jpg","date":"2026-10-22"}}