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Peter Straub Information
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Peter Francis Straub, born March 2, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a writer of fiction and poetry, best known as a prolific horror author. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and...


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The Village Voice
Take Five: Peter Straub
03/23/2005: 442 words, approx. 2 pages
PETER STRAUB, the New York-based bestselling author of 16 novels (and sometime Tear Sheet contributor), is the editor of the Library of America's new H.P. Lovecraft: Tales. Lovecraft's eerie stories about monstrous "old gods" and other evil creatures have influenced many artists, including authors...
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Publishers Weekly
The uses of horror: Peter Straub writes to sell.(Innovators Series)(Interview)
10/06/2003: 4,110 words, approx. 14 pages
JULIA. GHOST STORY. SHADOWLAND. Floating Dragon. The Talisman, with Stephen King. Mystery. Koko. The Throat. Peter Straub wrote one bestseller after another in the '70s and '80s, and won critical awards while doing so. As the paperback market shriveled in the '90s, his...
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The New York Observer
Me Talk Pretty One Daytime
5/14/2006: 2,380 words, approx. 8 pages
For the last decade acclaimed Upper West Side horror novelist Peter Straub has followed the ABC soap opera One Life to Live with such dogged enthusiasm that earlier this year the producers awarded him a walk-on role. “I played retired detective Pete Braust,” Mr. Straub...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Bernadette Bosky
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In the essay below, Bosky examines the influence of Stephen King on the development of Straub's literary style.
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Critical Essay by Don Ringnalda
8,031 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Ringnalda addresses the issue of "civilians" writing about the Vietnam combat experience.
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Critical Essay by Bernadette Lynn Bosky
5,848 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Bosky examines Straub's body of work.
 


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