Peter Straub

Peter Straub was an American novelist and poet known for horror and supernatural fiction, including Julia (1975) and Ghost Story (1979). He co-wrote The Talisman (1984) with Stephen King and later wrote the Blue Rose trilogy, starting with Koko. He also fused the supernatural with crime in Lost Boy, Lost Girl, and edited a Library of America volume of H. P. Lovecraft. He received the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy and International Horror Guild awards before he died in 2022.