Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (Oct 2, 1911 – Nov 14, 1995) was an American author. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. His story "The Widow's Walk" won a contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1946. His first novel, 5 Against the House, was published in 1954. It was made into a movie the following year. Finney's novel The Body Snatchers (1955) was the basis for the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers. In 1987, Finney was given the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Convention, held in Nashville, Tennessee. Less