WRITER

Peter Straub

1943 - 2022

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Peter Francis Straub (; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Straub has received more than 812,559 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter Straub is the 3,458th most popular writer (up from 3,834th in 2019), the 4,416th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,150th in 2019) and the 365th most popular American Writer.

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  • 810k

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  • 51.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Black House
Fiction, Ficción, Novela de misterio
Preceded by: [The Talisman][1] In this sequel to The Talisman, Jack Sawyer is now in his late thirties and has taken early retirement from the LAPD, retreating to a small town in Wisconsin. He has no memory of his adventures as a twelve-year-old boy, when he traveled into a parallel universe in search of the talisman that would save his mother's life. A series of murders involving young children force him out of retirement. There is more to these cases than murder, though, and Jack must retrieve his childhood memories to rescue the latest victim, who is coveted by the killer's evil overlord, a powerful force from End-World, in Roland the gunslinger's universe. ([source][2]) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15119769W/The_Talisman [2]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/black_house.html
2001
Shadowland
1980
The Talisman
Fantastique, Romans, Talismans
Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer embarks on an epic quest--a walk from the seacoast of New Hampshire to the California coast--to find the talisman that will save his dying mother's life. Jack's journey takes him into the Territories, a parallel medieval universe, where most people from his own universe have analogs called "twinners." The queen of the Territories, Jack's mother's twinner, is also dying. ([source][1]) Followed by: [Black House][2] [1]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/talisman_the.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15119768W
1984
Koko
Veterans, Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
1988
Ghost story
Fiction in English, Horror tales, Detective and mystery stories
1979
Julia
Supernatural, Fiction, Horror fiction
In a house in London a woman starts a new life, trying to put tragedy behind her. Then a pretty blonde child runs into view, bringing with her an inexplicable suggestion of evil. Once Julia Lofting had a husband and a daughter. But everything has changed since she bolted from her marriage, in flight from the unbearable truth of her daughter's death. For Julia, there is no escape. Another child awaits, another mother suffers, and a circle of the damned gathers around her. The haunting has begun . . . Less
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Straub ranks 3,458 out of 7,302. Before him are István Örkény, Johann Ernst Glück, Zora Neale Hurston, Frédéric Dard, Nemesianus, and Akazome Emon. After him are Mercedes de Acosta, Doria Shafik, Bell hooks, Laurence Oliphant, Gioconda Belli, and Carl Robert Jakobson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Peter Straub ranks 315. Before him are Joyce Meyer, Lobo, Maceo Parker, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Kenzo Yokoyama, and Sanmao. After him are Alan Wilson, Larry Coryell, Soledad Miranda, Martin Peters, Tim Krabbé, and Randall Duk Kim. Among people deceased in 2022, Peter Straub ranks 232. Before him are Arno, Kazuki Takahashi, Chaim Kanievsky, Fatma Girik, Susana Dosamantes, and Manny Charlton. After him are Rupiah Banda, Yoko Shimada, Kálmán Mészöly, L. Q. Jones, Mitchell Ryan, and Ercole Baldini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Straub ranks 4,416 out of 20,380. Before him are Kent Nagano (1951), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Jason Alexander (1959), Moses Finley (1912), Edward S. Curtis (1868), and Ted Cassidy (1932). After him are Arthur O'Connell (1908), Cat Power (1972), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), John Finn (1952), Claire Danes (1979), and Elmer Drew Merrill (1876).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Straub ranks 365. Before him are David Eddings (1931), Joyce Meyer (1943), Booker T. Washington (1856), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), and Zora Neale Hurston (1891). After him are Mercedes de Acosta (1892), Bell hooks (1952), H.D. (1886), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Gary Snyder (1930), and Jonathan Littell (1967).

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