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Peter Straub
AuthorBooks · Second hand1943-2022
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.
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1943
Death
2022
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Born in Milwaukee in 1943, Peter Straub was a prolific American author of horror and science fiction.
His passion for reading began as a child when he taught himself by memorizing his favorite comic books.
He is world-renowned for his masterpiece The Talisman, written in collaboration with Stephen King.
Throughout his career, he published over two hundred works ranging from novels to poetry.
Although his parents dreamed of him becoming an athlete or a doctor, he dedicated his life to horror literature.