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Peter Francis Straub (/ straʊb /; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) [1] 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.
Sep 6, 2022 · Peter Straub, whose literary novels of terror, mystery and the supernatural placed him in the top ranks of the horror-fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s, alongside writers like Ira...
Sep 7, 2022 · Peter Straub, an author who helped usher in our decades-long fascination with horror fiction, had a way of weaving macabre and heart-wrenching prose into one sentence.
Sep 6, 2022 · Peter Straub, author of horror, mystery and supernatural novels and short stories has died at age 79. His daughter, novelist Emma Straub, announced his death on Instagram:
- Elizabeth Blair
Sep 7, 2022 · Horror writer Peter Straub, who cemented his place in the genre with works including “Ghost Story,” “The Talisman” and “A Dark Matter,” has died. He was 79.
- Alexandra Del Rosario
- Staff Writer
- alexandra.delrosario@latimes.com
Sep 7, 2022 · Mr. Straub, who died Sept. 4 in New York at 79, became part of a literary era in the late 1960s and 1970s that led readers into dark corners of all kinds: Ira Levin’s “Rosemary’s Baby ...
Sep 6, 2022 · Peter Straub, an author of horror and supernatural fiction who had worked with Stephen King, died Sunday at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. He was 79....
