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Perhaps best known for “The Lottery,” which author was a National Book Award finalist in 1960 for a novel about a haunted house?

Perhaps best known for “The Lottery,” which author was a National Book Award finalist in 1960 for a novel about a haunted house? Correct Answer Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House is widely regarded as a genre-defining work. Modern authors like Carmen Maria Machado and Neil Gaiman still name it the most frightening book they’ve ever read.

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