Writer
Cornell Woolrich
Born 1903-12-04Died 1968-09-25aged 64
Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) is best known for Original Sin, Martha and The Bride Wore Black.
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( WUUL-ritch; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) 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.