''If I Should Die Before I Wake'' is a 1946 short story collection by American
crime writer
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Cornell Woolrich
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( ; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
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under his pseudonym, "William Irish". It contains six short stories.
Story list
* "If I Should Die Before I Wake"
* "I'll Never Play Detective Again"
* "Change of Murder"
* "A Death is Caused"
* "Two Murders, One Crime"
* "The Man Upstairs"
References
1946 short story collections
Works by Cornell Woolrich
Avon (publisher) books
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