Peter Straub

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Born:
March 2, 1943
Died:
Sept. 4, 2022

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Peter Straub was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 2 March, 1943, the first of three sons of a salesman and a nurse. The salesman wanted him to become an athlete, the nurse thought he would do well as either a doctor or a Lutheran minister, but all he wanted to do was to learn to read.

When kindergarten turned out to be a stupefyingly banal disappointment devoted to cutting animal shapes out of heavy colored paper, he took matters into his own hands and taught himself to read by memorizing his comic books and reciting them over and over to other neighborhood children on the front steps until he could recognize the words. Therefore, when he finally got to first grade to find everyone else laboring over the imbecile adventures of Dick, Jane and Spot (“See Spot run. See, see, see,”), he ransacked the library in search of pirates, soldiers, detectives, spies, criminals, and other colorful souls, Soon he had earned a reputation as an ace storyteller, in demand around campfires and in back yards on summer evenings.

This career as the John Buchan to the first grade was interrupted by a collision between himself and an automobile which resulted …

Books by Peter Straub

Peter Straub: Houses without doors (1991, Penguin) No rating

Houses without doors

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Peter Straub: Magic Terror. (Paperback, German language, 2000, Heyne)

Magic Terror.

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Peter Straub: Mystery (French language) No rating

Mystery

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Peter Straub: Mrs. God (1990, D.M. Grant)

Mrs. God

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Peter Straub: Julia (Paperback, 2000, Ballantine Books)

Julia

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Peter Straub: If You Could See Me Now (Paperback, 2000, Ballantine Books)

If You Could See Me Now

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Peter Straub: Floating dragon (1984, Berkley)

Floating dragon

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Peter Straub: The Hellfire Club (1997, Ballantine Books) No rating

The Hellfire Club

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Peter Straub: Mr X. (2000, Ballantine Books)

Mr X.

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Peter Straub: Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2004)

Lost Boy, Lost Girl

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Peter Straub: 5 Stories (Paperback, 2008, Borderlands Press) No rating

5 Stories

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Peter Straub: A Special Place (Paperback, 2010, Pegasus Books, Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.) No rating

A Special Place

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