Peter Straub

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 cowritten 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