What is Peter Straub?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Peter Straub | image = Peter Straub.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Straub in 2009 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Peter Francis Straub | birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|3|2}} | birth_place = [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|09|04|1943|03|02}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Novelist, poet | spouse = {{marriage|Susan Bitker|1966}} | children = {{hlist|[[Emma Straub|Emma]]|Benjamin}} | period = | genre = [[Horror fiction|Horror]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | awards = [[Bram Stoker Award]], [[World Fantasy Award]], and [[International Horror Guild Award]] | influences = | influenced = | alma_mater = {{plain list| * [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (B.A.) * [[Columbia University]] (M.A.) }} | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.peterstraub.net}} }} '''Peter Francis Straub''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|r|aʊ|b}}; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 6, 2022 |title=Peter Straub (1943-2022) |work=Locus Online |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/09/peter-straub-1943-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906201723/https://locusmag.com/2022/09/peter-straub-1943-2022/ |archive-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref> was an American [[novelist]] and [[poet]]. He wrote ''[[Julia (novel)|Julia]],'' ''[[Ghost Story (Straub novel)|Ghost Story]]'', and ''[[The Talisman (King and Straub novel)|The Talisman]]''. Straub died at a hospital in [[New York City]] on September 4, 2022, aged 79, from problems caused by a broken hip.<ref>{{Cite news |last=VanDenburgh |first=Barbara |date=September 6, 2022 |title='Talisman' author Peter Straub dies at 79: 'The smartest and most fun person' |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/09/06/peter-straub-talisman-author-stephen-king-collaborator-dies-79/8004169001/