Cornell Woolrich's parents separated when he was young and he spent much of his childhood in Latin America with his father. Then he was sent back to New York to live with his rich, domineering mother, Claire. He attended Columbia University where he wrote his first novel, a Jazz Age piece published in 1926 titled Cover Charge. Another book, Children of the Ritz, followed in 1927. Hollywood beckoned but his time there as an (uncredited) screenwriter proved to be unhappy. A disasterous marriag ...[Read Story]