Founder of the
non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America / renamed ProLiteracy
Worldwide.
Awarded the Volunteer
Action Award by President Ronald Reagan in 1987,
and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
Books and educational videos:
Basic
Reading Workshop (video); English as a Second Language Tutor Training Workshop;
Great Traveling After 55 (1989); How to Add Family Literacy to Your Program; I
Speak English (1962); LVA Works: A Guide to Workplace Education; Maintaining
the Balance: A Guide to 50/50 Management; My Travels Through Life, Love, and
Literacy: A Memoir (2020); Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the
World (2011); Reading to Children (video); Student Involvement Guidelines; Tutor
(1962); Tutoring Small Groups Handbook.
9 Magic Wishes (1963); A
Fabulous, Formless Darkness (1992); A Little Night Reading (1974); A Moment on
the Edge (2002); A Science Fiction Argosy (1972); A Visit (1950); American
Christmas Stories (2021); American Gothic Tales (1996); American Midnight (2019);
And Baby Makes Three (1960); Best Horror Stories 3 (1972); Brave New Worlds
(2010); Chapter and Hearse (1985); Charles (1990); Circus of Dr. Lao and Other
Improbable Stories (1956); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Come along with
Me (1968); Dark (2000); Dark Lessons (1985); Dark Tales (2016); Deadlier
(2017); Famous Sally (1966); Fifty Great Short Stories (1952); Four Novels of
the 1940s & 50s (2020); From Our Porch Swing / poems (1992); Great Tales of
Fantasy and Science Fiction (1992); Hangsaman (1951); Haunting Women (1988);
Just an Ordinary Day (1996); Let Me Tell You (2015); Life among the Savages
(1953); London Tales of Terror (1972); Loss (2013); Masters of Fantasy (1992);
Men with Their Big Shoes (1947); Mistresses of the Dark (1998); More Stories
Strange and Sinister (1967); Murderous Schemes (1996); Nightshade (2000); One
Ordinary Day, with Peanuts (1979); Open at Your Own Risk (1975); Points of View
(1966); Raising Demons (1959); Realms of Darkness (1985); Seasons of Terror
(2022); Shirley Jackson Collected Short Stories (2001); Shirley Jackson: Novels
and Stories (2010); Stories for the Dead of Night (1957); Stories for Winter
(2023); Stories of Suspense (1963); Strangeness (1977); Stranger (2002); The
2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966); The 5th Fontana Book of Great
Horror Stories (1970); The American Fantasy Tradition (2002); The Best American
Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Best American Short Stories 1964
(1964); The Best American Short Stories 1966 (1966); The Best from Fantasy and
Science Fiction 4th Series (1955); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction
5th Series (1956); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 8th Series (1959);
The Bird's Nest / aka Lizzie (1954); The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 1 (1976); The
Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume One (2004); The Cold Embrace (1966); The
Colour of Evil (1987); The Daemon Lover (1948); The Dark Descent (1997); The
Evil People (1968); The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998); The Granta Book of the
American Short Story (1992); The Haunting of Hill House / aka The Haunting
(1959); The Letters of Shirley Jackson (2021); The Lottery (1949); The Magic of
Shirley Jackson (1966); The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson (1996); The Missing
Girl (1957); The Mists From Beyond (1989); The Other Dimension (1972); The
Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Road through the Wall / aka
The Other Side of the Street (1948); The Shirley Jackson Collection (2020); The
Short Story (1992); The Summer People (1950); The Sundial (1958); The Very Best
of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2009); The Vintage Book of Amnesia (2000); The
Web She Weaves (1983); The Weird (2011); The Witchcraft of Salem Village
(1956); Three Stories (1991); Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952);
Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008); Urban Horrors (1990); We
Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962); Witches' Brew (1984); Wolf's Complete
Book of Terror (1979).
Movies and television:
American
Playhouse (1982); Cameo Theatre (1950); Cineficción Radio (2020); Curtain Call
(1952); Danger (1955); Fireside Theatre (1951); Histoires insolites (1974);
June (2012); Lizzie (1957); Long Twilight (1997); Loteria (2022); Lux Playhouse
(1959); Nothing Important (2018); Shoestring Theatre (1959); The Haunting (1963
/ 1999); The Haunting of Hill House (2018); The Lottery (1969 / 1996 / 2007 /
2008 / 2015); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Videotape (2017); We Have
Always Lived in the Castle (2018); Witch (2024); Zizi (1982).
Between
Midnight and Dawn (1950); Big Town (1954–1956); Bronk (1975); Bus Stop (1962); Celebrity
Playhouse (1955); Cry Vengeance (1954); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Decision
(1958); Destination Tokyo (1943); Es usted mi padre (1971); Escape from Hell
Island (1963); España otra vez (1968); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Food and
Magic (1943); Footlights Theater (1953); From This Day Forward (1946); Frontier
Justice (1958); Frozen Alive (1964); General Electric Theater (1953); Ghost
Train (1991); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gun Fever (1958); Gunsight Ridge (1957);
Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood contra Franco
(2008); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Jack
Slade (1953); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Katie Did It
(1950); Kojak (1975); La Lola, dicen que no vive sola (1970); Little Egypt
(1951); Lux Video Theatre (1954 / 1955); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Martin Kane
(1953–1954); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Mutiny (1952); News Gal (1957); Objective,
Burma! (1945); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Our American Heritage (1959); Passage
to Marseille (1944); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Place the Face (1953);
Please Believe Me (1950); Police Story (1975); Pride of the Marines (1945); Rawhide
(1962); Reunion in Reno (1951); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Roaring Guns (1944); S.W.A.T.
(1976); Sand (1949); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Schlitz Playhouse
(1952–1957); September Storm (1960); Simon & Simon (1987); Strike It Rich
(1953); Studio 57 (1957); Sunday Showcase (1959); Sunscorched (1965); Target
Unknown (1951); The Big Frame (1952); The Dark Corner (1946); The Doughgirls
(1944); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Ford Television Theatre
(1952–1953); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987);
The Loretta Young Show (1957–1958); The Snake Pit (1948); The Street with No
Name (1948); Time Table (1956); Torpedo Alley (1952); Wagon Train (1957–1958); Within
These Walls (1945); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960).
15th
Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 20 to 1 (2007); 99 River Street (1953);
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987); A Thousand and One Nights (1945); A Tribute to
Rudy Wissler (2007); All Star Revue (1950); Amazing Stories (1986); Around the
World in 80 Days (1956); Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985); Artist and
Models (1937); Before I Hang (1940); Beyond the Sacramento (1940); Biography
(2003); Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004); Climax! (1955); Dangerous
Blondes (1943); Dangerous to Know (1938); Discovering Treasure: The Story of
the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Enchantment
(1948); Flight Lieutenant (1942); From a Bird's Eye View (1971); Glorious
Technicolor (1998); Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988); Gone with the Wind
(1939); Good Morning America (1983); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hell's
Half Acre (1954); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Iron Man (1951); It Happened in
Paris (1952); ITV Playhouse (1968); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the
Maverick (1988); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Ladies in Retirement (1941); Larry and
Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987); Lights,
Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Men
with Wings (1938); Missing Links (1964); Mr. Soft Touch (1949); Mrs. Mike (1949);
Murder, She Wrote (1985–1993); Nine Girls (1944); One Big Affair (1952); Our
World (1987); Paris Honeymoon (1938); Renegades (1946); Rita Hayworth: Dancing
Into the Dream (1991); Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948); Screen
Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal
Awards (1948); Shoot First (1953); Slightly Honorable (1939); Smuggler's Island
(1951); Sons of the Legion (1938); Strange Affair (1944); Sudden Money (1939); The
5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009);
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Buccaneer (1938); The DeMille Dynasty
(1998); The Desperadoes (1943); The Face Behind the Mask (1941); The Jolson
Story (1946); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Lady in Question
(1940); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Love Boat (1983); The Making of a
Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Mating of Millie (1948); The Mike
Douglas Show (1977); The Prowler (1951); The Seven Year Itch (1955); The Thrill
of Brazil (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1977–1991); The
Ugliest Girl in Town (1968); The Ultimate Film (2004); There's Something About
a Soldier (1943); Top of the World (1955); Union Pacific (1939); Warner Bros.
Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); Wicked Stepmother (1989).
The Equalizer (1989); Kojak
(1976); Klute (1971); Breaking Point (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1963);
Arrest and Trial (1963); The Outsider (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961);
The Young Savages (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Shirley
Temple's Storybook (1958); Pursuit (1958); Studio One (1956–1958); Encounter (1957–1958);
Teacher's Pet (1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Look Up and Live (1956); The
Alcoa Hour (1956–1957); Playwrights '56 (1956); The Stranger (1954); Kraft
Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953).
If Only They Could Talk (1970);
All Creatures Great and Small (1972); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972); Vet
in Harness (1974); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974); Vets Might Fly (1976);
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1976); The Lord God Made Them All (1981); The
Best of James Herriot (1983); Vet in a Spin (1984); Smudge, The Little Lost
Lamb (1991); Smudge's Day Out (1991); Horse & Pony Stories (1986); Bonny's
Big Day (1972); Moses the Kitten (1984); Only One Woof (1985); The Christmas
Day Kitten (1986); Blossom Comes Home (1988); The Market Square Dog (1989); Oscar,
Cat-About-Town (1990); The Animals at Diamond Woods (2009); Animal Stories,
Tame & Wild (1979); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979); All Creatures Great
and Small Annual 1982 (1981); James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories (1986); James
Herriot's Dog Stories (1986); Greatest Cat Stories (1989); James Herriot Story
Book (1992); Every Living Thing (1992); James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992);
James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994); Seven Yorkshire tales (1995); James
Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Village (1995); James
Herriot's Animal Stories (1997); Yorkshire Stories (1998); James Herriot's
Yorkshire Revisited (1999).
Movies and television:
All
Creatures Great and Small (1975 / 2024); All Creatures Great and Small / TV
Series (1978–1990); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (2020–2024); It
Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1993); Pebble Mill
at One (1975); Read All About It (1976); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Mike
Douglas Show (1973); To Tell the Truth (1973); Young James Herriot (2011).
Raid on Entebbe (1976); Network
(1976); The Abdication (1974); England Made Me (1973); The Nelson Affair (1973);
Lost Horizon (1973); Something to Hide (1972); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); The
Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); The Red Tent (1969); The Legend of Lylah
Clare (1968); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Come Spy with Me (1967); 10:30
P.M. Summer (1966); Judith (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); First Men
in the Moon (1964); Girl with Green Eyes (1964); The Pumpkin Eater (1964); In
the Cool of the Day (1963); I Thank a Fool (1962); No Love for Johnnie (1961); The
Sins of Rachel Cade (1961); The Day (1960); The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); Kidnapped
(1960); The Nun's Story (1959); Operation Amsterdam (1959); Windom's Way (1957);
Robbery Under Arms (1957); The Shiralee (1957); Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956);
A Town Like Alice (1956); Simon and Laura (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Make
Me an Offer! (1955); Passage Home (1955); The Warriors (1955); The Detective
(1954); Elephant Walk (1954); The Heart of the Matter (1953); Gilbert and
Sullivan (1953); The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Captain
Carvallo (1951); The Miniver Story (1950); The Wooden Horse (1950); Train of
Events (1949); Eureka Stockade (1949); A Son Is Born (1946); Red Sky at Morning
(1944); The Rats of Tobruk (1944); These Stars Are Mine (1943); South West
Pacific (1943); The Power and the Glory (1941); Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939);
The Farmer Goes to Town (1938); The Magic Shoes (1935).