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Author Peter StraubPeter 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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Interior Darkness
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Interior Darkness by Peter Straub

Perdido
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Perdido by Peter Straub

Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine
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Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub

Buffalo Hunter
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Buffalo Hunter by Peter Straub

Magic Terror
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Magic Terror by Peter Straub

Mr. X
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Mr. X by Peter Straub
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Author Signed Hardcover Book.  February 2012: Pegasus Books  First edition (thus), first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by the author.

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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

  1. Koko (1988)
  2. Mystery (1989)
  3. The Throat (1993)
  4. Blue Rose (1995)
  5. The Juniper Tree: And Other Blue Rose Stories (2010)

Criminal Records Series

  • Pork Pie Hat (1999)

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

  • Wild Animals (1984)

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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