Peter Straub (1943-2022) was an American novelist and poet, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After teaching and graduate study in Dublin, he turned to fiction with “Julia” (1975) and “If You Could See Me Now” (1977), and made his name with “Ghost Story” (1979), a landmark of American horror filmed in 1981. He wrote “The Talisman” (1984) and “Black House” (2001) with Stephen King, and the Blue Rose novels, including “Koko” (1988), which won the World Fantasy Award, and “The Throat” (1993). He also edited the Library of America anthology “American Fantastic Tales”. He died in New York in 2022.
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Peter Straub (1943-2022) was an American novelist and poet, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After teaching and graduate study in Dublin, he turned to fiction with “Julia” (1975) and “If You Could See Me Now” (1977), and made his name with “Ghost Story” (1979), a landmark of American horror filmed in 1981. He wrote “The Talisman” (1984) and “Black House” (2001) with Stephen King, and the Blue Rose novels, including “Koko” (1988), which won the World Fantasy Award, and “The Throat” (1993). He also edited the Library of America anthology “American Fantastic Tales”. He died in New York in 2022.
