Black is the Night Author:Maxim Jakubowski (Editor) Black is the Night: Stories in Tribute to the Author who Inspired Hitchcock's Rear Window, Cornell Woolrich. An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, also published as William Irish and George Hop... more »ley, stands with Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and Dashiell Hammett as a legend in the genre. Collected and edited by one of the most experienced editors in the field, Maxim Jakubowski.