Born in December 14,1916 in San Francisco California Died in August (48 years old) Married Stanley Edgar Hyman She had four children Laurence, Joanne, Sarah, and Barry received the “mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Short Story: The possibility of Evil

 The Lottery  The Haunting of Hill house  Life Among the savages

 The story is about miss Andela Strangewoth being two-faced throughout the story.

 Pleasant Street in her ancestral home  Over two days period  Summer time

 Miss Andela Strangewoth: appear caring and polite  Tommy Lewis: Strange worth's high school sweetheart.  Martha Harper: She is sick  Helen Crane: mother of a six month old  Miss chandler: The librarian

 Third person  Outside source telling the story.

 Narrative Hook: Her beautiful roses  Exposition: Her duty to protect as the only Strangeworth left  Rising Action: She kept her noses in everybody business.  Climax: when the boy found the letters  Falling Action: She receives a letter  Resolution: Her roses, her most precious items were destroyed.

 Sometimes the only trouble people have with business is minding their own.  The impossible goal of perfection.  People with two faces

 “There wouldn’t have been a town here if it hadn’t been for my grandfather and the lumber mill”

 Aristotle Golden Mean