Peter Straub

Peter Straub
Straub in 2009
Straub in 2009
BornPeter Francis Straub
(1943-03-02)March 2, 1943
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedSeptember 4, 2022(2022-09-04) (aged 79)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, poet
Education
GenreHorror
Notable worksJulia (1975), Ghost Story (1979), The Talisman (1984)
Notable awardsBram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award
Spouse
Susan Bitker
(m. 1966)
Children2, including Emma Straub
Website
www.peterstraub.net

Peter Francis Straub (/strb/; 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]

  1. ^ "Peter Straub (1943–2022)". Locus Online. September 6, 2022. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Risen, Clay (September 6, 2022). "Peter Straub, Literary Master of the Supernatural, Dies at 79". The New York Times.