About Peter Straub
Born in Milwaukee, Peter Straub is the author of fourteen novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. He has won the British Fantasy Award, two Bram Stoker awards and two World Fantasy awards.
Series
Talisman (with Stephen King)
1. The Talisman (1984)
2. Black House (2001)
The Talisman and Black House (omnibus) (2003)
1. The Talisman (1984)
2. Black House (2001)
The Talisman and Black House (omnibus) (2003)
Novels
Marriages (1973)
Julia (1975)
aka Full Circle
If You could See Me Now (1977)
Ghost Story (1979)
Shadowland (1980)
General's Wife (1982)
Floating Dragon (1983)
Under Venus (1984)
Koko (1988)
Mystery (1989)
Mrs God (1990)
The Throat (1993)
Blue Rose (1995)
The Hellfire Club (1996)
Mr. X (1999)
Lost Boy Lost Girl (2003)
In the Night Room (2004)
The Skylark (2009)
Julia (1975)
aka Full Circle
If You could See Me Now (1977)
Ghost Story (1979)
Shadowland (1980)
General's Wife (1982)
Floating Dragon (1983)
Under Venus (1984)
Koko (1988)
Mystery (1989)
Mrs God (1990)
The Throat (1993)
Blue Rose (1995)
The Hellfire Club (1996)
Mr. X (1999)
Lost Boy Lost Girl (2003)
In the Night Room (2004)
The Skylark (2009)
Omnibus
Collections
Ishmael (poems) (1972)
Open Air (poems) (1972)
Houses without Doors (1990)
Ghosts (1995)
Magic Terror (1997)
5 Stories (2008)
Open Air (poems) (1972)
Houses without Doors (1990)
Ghosts (1995)
Magic Terror (1997)
5 Stories (2008)
Graphic Novels
Anthology series
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
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)
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) | Bram Stoker (nominee) | ||
| A Short Guide to the City (1990) | |||
| The Kingdom of Heaven (1991) | |||
| The Ghost Village (1992) | World Fantasy | ||
| Fee (1994) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| In Transit (1995) (with Benjamin Straub) | |||
| Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff (1998) | Bram Stoker World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| Pork Pie Hat (1999) | British Fantasy Society (nominee) | ||
| The Geezers (2000) | |||
| Hunger: An Introduction |
Awards
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Books about Peter Straub
Links to other websites
| peterstraub.net |
Peter Straub recommends
 An Affair of Sorcerers (1979) (Mongo, book 3) George C Chesbro "Beautifully plotted and assured...the work of a master." |  To Wake the Dead (1980) Ramsey Campbell "The book Ramsey Campbell readers have been waiting for...affects the reader for days afterward...it makes death itself look sweet because of the ghastly things that can happen this side of death." |  Small World (1981) Tabitha King "So clever it could cut your skin. Tabitha King knows how to create suspense. She has a unique and self-possessed view of things and a talent for the grotesque." |
 Books of Blood Volume 1 (1981) Clive Barker "Clive Barker has been an amazing writer from his first appearance, with the great gifts of invention and commitment to his own vision stamped on every page." |  The Nestling (1982) Charles L Grant "It's entertaining, suspenseful, but it's a lot of other things too...and while it's nasty enough to give us a kick in the shins, it is oddly tender towards the world." |  The Uninvited (1982) John Farris "One of the giants of contemporary psychological horror. The evil in The Uninvited is utterly convincing." |
 Incarnate (1983) Ramsey Campbell "An important, scary, involving novel...I had to fight with myself every time circumstances forced me to put it down." |  The Night of the Ripper (1984) Robert Bloch "The sort of book that just grabs you and makes you read it." |  Books of Blood Volume 3 (1984) Clive Barker "Barker has been an amazing writer from his first appearance, with a great gift of invention and commitment that stands on every page." |
 The Hungry Moon (1986) Ramsey Campbell "Horrors in his fiction are never merely invented, they are felt and experienced, and affect the reader for days afterwards." |  Sympathy for the Devil (1987) Kent Anderson "Kent Anderson has outwritten just about everybody who preceded him in trying to make fictional sense out of the war... a very brave book." |  Weaveworld (1987) Clive Barker "Weaveworld will be a guide for everyone who travels there in the future. I think it'll probably be imitated for the next decade or so, as lesser talents try to crack its code and tame its insights." |
 Billy (1990) Whitley Strieber "An amazingly gripping book... a knockout." |  Boy's Life (1991) Robert R McCammon "Just gorgeous...I loved it." |  X, Y (1993) Michael Blumlein "Michael Blumlein is a real genius...I don't think anybody is going to be able to imitate him." |
 California Gothic (1995) Dennis Etchison "One of horror's most exciting talents." |  Lizard Wine (1995) Elizabeth Engstrom "Sleek, nasty, perfectly focused, smart as hell, absolutely convincing." |  Strangewood (1999) Christopher Golden "A notable achievement ... wildly inventive." |
 The Hook (2000) Donald E Westlake "THE HOOK begins with an agreement signed in blood and smoothly, unobtrusively, gracefully, relentlessly moves toward absolute devastation. This is Donald E. Westlake at the top of his form, writing with the power and confidence of a master and keeping the reader dazzled and agape all the way to the last sentence." |  Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep (2000) Alan Rodgers "Mama Ghost really must be one of the best, and certainly one of the most disturbing, horror stories written during the last decade and a half." |  Brain Trust (2001) (Body of Evidence, book 8) Christopher Golden and Rick Hautala "Rick Hautala's writing shines with dedication, hard earned craft, and devotion." |
 Judas Eyes (2001) (Eyes [], book 3) Barry Hoffman "Leagues ahead of almost anything these days passing as horror or suspense fiction." |  The Shooting Gallery (2002) (Detective Yablonsky, book 2) Joseph Trigoboff "Joseph Trigoboff knows what he's talking about. In THE SHOOTING GALLERY, he guides us, like a clear-eyed combination of Jimmy Breslin and William Burroughs, though the ripely urban landscape where crooked judges, wised-up journalists, hypocritical politicians and weary cops define the reality the rest of us, whether we know it or not, have to live with. Trigoboff's ear is pitch perfect, and his heart is where it should be." |  The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002) Ramsey Campbell "In some ways Ramsey Campbell is the best of us all." |
 My Father's Ghost (2002) Suzy McKee Charnas "A supremely unsentimental, beautifully observed, and forgiving memoir. " |  Scream Queen (2003) Edo van Belkom "This novel knows where it is going and intends to get there with no wasted motion." |  Nightmare House (2003) (Harrow Academy, book 3) Douglas Clegg "Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction." |
 Mortal Love (2004) Elizabeth Hand "I think she has written the best book of her generation." |  The Boys Are Back in Town (2004) Christopher Golden "Christopher Golden is one of the most hard-working, smartest, and most talented writers of his generation, and his books are so good and so involving that they really ought to sell in huge numbers. Everything he writes glows with imagination." |  Josie and Jack (2005) Kelly Braffet "I couldn't stop reading this marvelous book." |
 Six Bad Things (2005) (Hank Thompson, book 2) Charlie Huston "Six Bad Things rocks and rolls from the first page. This is one mean, cols, slit-eyed mother of a book." |  The Keeper (2006) Sarah Langan "[A] distinct and juicy flavor all its own. THE KEEPER begins what should be a very fruitful career." |  Shriek: An Afterword (2006) Jeff VanderMeer "Playful, poignant, and utterly, wildly imaginative." |
 The Screaming Room (2007) Thomas O'Callaghan "O'Callaghan has scorched his way into the first rank of writers." |  The Gargoyle (2008) Andrew Davidson "The Gargoyle is purely and simply an amazement." |  The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008) Ellen Datlow "Ellen Datlow is the queen of anthology editors in America." |
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