Peter Straub

American novelist and poet (1943-2022) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 79

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.

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2022Died4 September 20222010Bram Stoker Award for NovelAwardWorld Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward2005Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime AchievementAward2004Bram Stoker Award for NovelAward2003Bram Stoker Award for NovelAward2000Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction CollectionAward1999Bram Stoker Award for NovelAward1997World Horror Convention Grand Master AwardAward1993Bram Stoker Award for NovelAwardWorld Fantasy Award for Best NovellaAward1989World Fantasy Award for Best NovelAward1984August Derleth AwardAward1943Born2 March 1943

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Bram Stoker Award for Novel2010

World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2010

Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement2005

Bram Stoker Award for Novel2004

Bram Stoker Award for Novel2003

Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection2000

Bram Stoker Award for Novel1999

World Horror Convention Grand Master Award1997

Bram Stoker Award for Novel1993

World Fantasy Award for Best Novella1993

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel1989

August Derleth Award1984

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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.

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