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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). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Straub is the 4,137th most popular writer (down from 3,458th in 2019), the 6,093rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,416th in 2019) and the 463rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Peter Straub ranks 4,137 out of 7,302. Before him are Pascal Lainé, Sue Townsend, William Thoms, Titsian Tabidze, Elizabeth Bowen, and Vasco Pratolini. After him are Hranush Arshagyan, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Melissa Mathison, Jean de Brunhoff, Sonny Barger, and Alexander Serafimovich.

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Among people born in 1943, Peter Straub ranks 391. Before him are Daniel Kablan Duncan, Donald Sumpter, John Draper, Perry Christie, Robert Crumb, and Anthony R. Hunter. After him are Jamie Gillis, Odilon Polleunis, Frances Lee McCain, Gerhard Auer, Christopher Priest, and Gigi Meroni. Among people deceased in 2022, Peter Straub ranks 314. Before him are Alan White, Maria Gusakova, Alevtina Kolchina, Bo Hopkins, Arno, and Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu. After him are Sonny Barger, Jean-Claude Mézières, Sally Kellerman, Renée Colliard, Jerry Allison, and Pleun Strik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Straub ranks 6,093 out of 20,380. Before him are Eydie Gormé (1928), Alexis Bledel (1981), Kevin Smith (1970), William J. Donovan (1883), William Windom (1923), and Phyllis Smith (1951). After him are Alexander Wetmore (1886), Eric Martin (1960), Melissa Mathison (1950), Charlie Robinson (1945), Sonny Barger (1938), and Jack Benny (1894).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Straub ranks 463. Before him are Gene Wolfe (1931), Leigh Brackett (1915), Laura Bridgman (1829), Mark Frost (1953), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), and Louis Bromfield (1896). After him are Melissa Mathison (1950), Sonny Barger (1938), James Thurber (1894), Hart Crane (1899), Edna Ferber (1885), and Robert G. Ingersoll (1833).

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