Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) received wide critical acclaim for her short story "The Lottery," which was first published in the
New Yorker in 1948. Her works available from Penguin Classics include
We Have Always Lived in the Castle,
The Haunting of Hill House, and
Come Along with Me and
Life Among the Savages available from Penguin.
Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection
Slapboxing with Jesus, the novel
Big Machine, and several other works of fiction. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the PEN/Open Book Award, he lives in Queens, New York.