Peter Straub | |
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 Straub in 2009 | |
| Born | Peter Francis Straub March 2, 1943 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 2022 (aged 79) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet |
| Education | |
| Genre | Horror |
| Notable works | Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979), The Talisman (1984) |
| Notable awards | Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award |
| Spouse |
Susan Bitker (m. 1966) |
| Children | 2, including Emma Straub |
| Website | |
| www | |
Peter Francis Straub (/straʊb/; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022)[1] 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.
According to his New York Times obituary, Straub "brought a poet's sensibility to stories about ghosts, demons and other things that go bump in the night."[2]
- ^ "Peter Straub (1943–2022)". Locus Online. September 6, 2022. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ Risen, Clay (September 6, 2022). "Peter Straub, Literary Master of the Supernatural, Dies at 79". The New York Times.