Director

Peter Straub

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 130085

IMDb ID: nm0833718

Known for: Writing

Born: March 2, 1943

Died: September 4, 2022

Age: 79

Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2020

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q364189

Also known as

Peter Francis Straub

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Novel (2)Story (1)

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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, 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.