VJ Books Presents Author Peter Straub!
Peter Straub (1943-2022) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is an American author and poet. He is most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in recent history. Straub earned an honors B.A. in English at the University of Wisconsin_Madison in 1965, and an MA at Columbia University a year later. He briefly taught English at his alma mater, now known as the University School of Milwaukee, then moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1969 to work on a Ph.D., and to start writing professionally. In 1979 he returned to America, living first in Westport, Connecticut, where Emma Straub was born, then in New York City, where he and his family inhabited a brownstone on the Upper West Side. He was a member of HWA, MWA, and PEN.
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Peter Straub Bibliography
Talisman Series (with Stephen King)
The Talisman (1984)
Black House (2001)
The Talisman and Black House (omnibus) (2003)
The Talisman and Black House (Limited Edition 1 Thus) (2012)
Blue Rose Series
Koko (1988)
Mystery (1989)
The Throat (1993)
Blue Rose (1995)
The Juniper Tree: And Other Blue Rose Stories (2010)
Criminal Records Series
Other Novels
Marriages (1973)
Julia (1975) aka Full Circle
If You could See Me Now (1977)
Ghost Story (1979)
Shadowland (1980)
The General's Wife (1982)
Floating Dragon (1983)
Under Venus (1984)
Mrs God (1990)
The Hellfire Club (1996)
Mr. X (1999)
Lost Boy Lost Girl (2003)
In the Night Room (2004)
A Dark Matter (2009)
Interior Darkness (Coming January 2016)
Omnibus
Collections
Ishmael (poems) (1972)
Open Air (poems) (1972)
Houses without Doors (1990)
Ghosts (1995)
Magic Terror (1997)
5 Stories (2008)
Graphic Novels
Ashputtle (2006)
The Green Woman (2010) (with Michael Easton)
The Talisman: Vol. 1: The Road of Trials (2010) (with Stephen King)
Novellas
A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter (2010)
Anthology series
Conjunctions (with Bradford Morrow)
The New Wave Fabulists (2002)
Anthologies edited
Peter Straub's Ghosts (1995)
Poe's Children: The New Horror (2008)
American Fantastic Tales (2009)
Non fiction
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with Pat Conroy, John Grisham, Stephen King)
Sides (2006)
Anthologies containing stories by Peter Straub
Cutting Edge (1986)
Prime Evil (1988)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
The New Gothic: A Collection of Contemporary Gothic Fiction (1991)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991)
Shadows of Fear (1992)
Best New Horror 4 (1993)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993)
Borderlands 4 (1994)
The Giant Book of Terror (1994)
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors (1995)
Dark Terrors (1995)
Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories (1995)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Dark Terrors 2 (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eleven (2000)
Short stories
Blue Rose (1985)
The Juniper Tree (1988)
A Short Guide to the City (1990)
The Kingdom of Heaven (1991)
The Ghost Village (1992)
Fee (1994)
In Transit (1995) (with Benjamin Straub)
Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff (1998)
World Fantasy (nominee)
Pork Pie Hat (1999)
The Geezers (2000)
Hunger: An Introduction
Peter Straub Awards
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, August Derleth Award
Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
August Derleth Award
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella
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