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<p>Peter Straub, a renowned horror author who wrote &ldquo;Julia&rdquo;, &ldquo;Ghost Story&rdquo;, and &ldquo;The Talisman&rdquo;, has died. The 79-year-old died at a hospital in Manhattan, New York after breaking a hip.</p>
<p>Emma Straub, his daughter and best-selling author of &ldquo;All Adults Here&rdquo; and &ldquo;This Time Tomorrow&rdquo;, has shared the news on her Instagram.</p>
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<p>She shared, "Peter Francis Straub, the smartest and most fun person in every room he was ever in, 3/2/43 - 9/4/22. How lucky we were. There aren&rsquo;t enough words in the world.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Stephen King has expressed his sadness on Twitter. King has collaborated with Peter Straub on several projects before like "The Talisman" and "Black House".</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's a happy day for me because FAIRY TALE is published.<br />It's a sad day because my good friend and amazingly talented colleague and collaborator, Peter Straub, has passed away. Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life.</p>
&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1567225864709967876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p>Straub started writing horror after his near-death experience of getting hit by a car. In a biography written on his website, Straub shared that "books took him out of himself.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Post the car crash, he had constant nightmares &ldquo;because he had learned prematurely that the world was dangerous, he was jumpy, restless, hugely garrulous in spite of his stutter, physically uncomfortable and, at least until he began writing horror three decades later, prone to nightmares," Straub wrote.</p>

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