Peter Straub

This article is about Peter Straub the novelist. For the German statesman, see Peter Straub (politician). Peter Francis Straub (born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American author and poet, 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 ... more

This article is about Peter Straub the novelist. For the German statesman, see Peter Straub (politician). Peter Francis Straub (born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American author and poet, 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. At the age of seven, Straub was struck by a car, sustaining serious injuries. He was hospitalized for several months, and temporarily using a wheelchair after being released, until he had re-learned how to walk. Straub has said that the accident made him prematurely aware of his own mortality. Straub read voraciously from an early age, but his literary interests did not please his parents; his father hoped that he would grow up to be a professional athlete, while his mother wanted him to be a Lutheran minister. He attended... less