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Charles R. Jackson (born 1902—died 1968) is an American author, best known for his 1944 novel, The Lost Weekend.

Jackson published The Lost Weekend in 1944, his first novel. The semi-autobiographical novel chronicled a stuggling writer's five day binge, and was made into a critically acclaimed film the following year. Paramount Pictures paid $50,000 for the rights to adapt the novel.

After his early success, Jackson continued to write, though few of his works approached the commercial and critical success of his first bestseller. Charles R. Jackson died in New York City in 1968.

He is sometimes confused with a different Charles Jackson who published a book about his experienced as a World War II prisoner of war.

Bibliography

• ‘‘The Lost Weekend’’ (1944)
• ‘‘The Fall of Valor’’ (1946)
• ‘‘The Outer Edges’’ (1950)
• ‘‘The Sunnier Side: Twelve Arcadian Tales’’ (1950)
• ‘‘Earthly Creatures’’ (1953)
• ‘‘A Second-Hand Life’’ (1967)

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