Peter Straub (1943-2022) was the author of seventeen novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. They include Ghost Story, Shadowland, Koko, Mr. X, In the Night Room, and two collaborations with Stephen King, The Talisman and Black House. He has written two volumes of poetry and two collections of short fiction, and he edited the Library of Americaโs edition of H. P. Lovecraftโs Tales and the Library of Americaโsย two-volume anthology, American Fantastic Tales. In 1998, he was named Grand Master at the World Horror Convention. In 2006, he was given the HWAโs Life Achievement Award.ย At the World Fantasy Convention in 2010, he was given the WFCโs Life Achievement Award.