Peter Straub

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1943-03-02

Deathday 2022-09-04 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As Peter Francis Straub

Peter Straub

Biography

Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume H. P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award.

Known For

Writer

2008
The Talisman

as Story

1981
Ghost Story

as Novel

1978
Full Circle

as Novel