Peter Straub
An image from The Talisman, one of the productions that also features Peter Straub.
Peter Straub

Peter Straub

March 2, 1943 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

1981

Full Circle

Full Circle

1978

The Talisman

The Talisman

2008