Born December 4, 1903, with the given name of Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich, the author most notably known for penning the short story that the Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Rear Window", was based on, was a pioneer of what has become to be known as noir fiction with his numerous novels and short fiction originally published in the pulp magazines of the 30's, 40's and 50's.
A protege of F. Scott Fitzgerald, his first novels were penned in the same vein, but later he found his true calling writing crime noir fiction, with many of his stories thrusting the main character of the story into situations totally out of his control.
Cornell Woolrich's life was as tragic as some of his stories, as he lived most of his life with his mother, in hotels, an alcoholic and a sexually conflicted and tormented individual.
For a comprehensive look at the life of Cornell Woolrich please check out the biography, "First You Dream, Then You Die", by Francis M. Nevins Jr.
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