Peter Straub, 79, author of numerous horror, thriller, and fantasy novels, died on September 5. Titles included Ghost Story, Koko, The Throat, Black House, and many more. Straub is survived by his wife Susan Bitker and their two children, Ben and author and Books Are owner Magic Emma Straub. “Peter was a wizard on the page,” says Doubleday vp, executive editor Lee Boudreaux, who edited Black House among other titles. “Among his many gifts, Peter transported readers on labyrinthine journeys as notable for their literary heft and devilishly clever dialogue as they were for Peter’s boundary-shattering imagination—and capacity to scare […]
