Peter Straub

Peter Straub

Writing

Birthday

1943/03/02

Day of death

2022/09/04 (79 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also know as

Peter Francis 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...Read more

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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
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(2008) Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

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The Last Wolf: Karl Edward Wagner
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(2020) The Last Wolf: Karl Edward Wagner

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Prisoners of Gravity
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(1989) Prisoners of Gravity

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