Cornell Woolrich

Cornell Woolrich
BornCornell George Hopley Woolrich
(1903-12-04)December 4, 1903
New York City, US
DiedSeptember 25, 1968(1968-09-25) (aged 64)
New York City, US
Pen nameWilliam Irish, George Hopley
OccupationWriter (novelist)
Alma materColumbia University
Spouse
Violet Virginia Blackton
(m. 1930; ann. 1933)
(d.1965)

Cornell George Hopley Woolrich (/ˈwʊlrɪ/ 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.[citation needed]