Writer Peter Straub dies. Stephen King: "Working with him is one of the joys of my life"

American writer

, celebrated, influential and successful author of horror, dark fantasy and psychological thrillers, also known for two bestsellers co-written with Stephen King, died at the age of 79 on 4 September after a long disease.

It was her daughter

also a best-selling fiction author, shared the news of her disappearance on Instagram today.

Through Twitter came the condolences of

, the master of American horror: “It's a sad day because my good friend and colleague and extraordinarily talented collaborator, Peter Straub, is dead.

Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life ”. 

Straub wrote his first novel on the supernatural,

, in 1976 (the Italian edition appeared from Editoriale Corno in 1979).

In the following years he published

 ,

(translated into Italian by Mondadori in 1982 with the title

) gave him great international fame and was hailed by Stephen King as one of the best horror novels.

The novel titled

 became a 1981 film directed by director John Irvin.

And in collaboration with Stephen King, Straub published The Talisman and

.

After

comes out in 1988

, followed by the two novels

, which together form the so-called

In 1999 he publishes

on the doppelgänger theme.

Peter Straub was awarded the

, ten Bram Stoker Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards and four World Fantasy Awards, and the honorary title of