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Cornell Woolrich

American author and screenwriter (1903–1968)

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Lived 1903–1968, aged 65United States

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1903–1968
Aged 65
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Original Sin
2001

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Updated 2026-06-25

Cornell George Hopley Woolrich 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.

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