This Day in Halloween: The award-winning horror author and poet Peter Straub is born in Milwaukee in 1943. / Illustration by Andrew Truong
Peter Straub is born in Milwaukee in 1943. The award-winning horror author and poetโs career stretches five decades and includes Ghost Story and Julia, both later adapted into films, and a pair of Talisman books with Stephen King. He died in 2022.ย
