Cornell Woolrich

Cornell Woolrich
Born	Cornell George Hopley Woolrich (1903-12-04)December 4, 1903 New York City, US
Died	September 25, 1968(1968-09-25) (aged 64) New York City, US
Pen name	William Irish, George Hopley
Occupation	Writer (novelist)
Alma mater	Columbia University
Spouse	Violet Virginia Blackton ​ ​ (m. 1930; ann. 1933)​ (d.1965)

Cornell George Hopley Woolrich (/ˈwʊlrɪtʃ/ 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]}