Born March 2, 1943, in Milwaukee, WI; son of Gordon Anthony and Elvena (Nilsestuen) Straub; married Susan Bitker (a counselor), August 22, 1966; children: Benjamin Bitker, Emma Sydney Valli. Education: University of Wisconsin--Madison, B.A., 1965; Columbia University, M.A., 1966; attended University College, Dublin, 1969-72. Avocational Interests: Jazz, opera. Memberships: International PEN, Mystery Writers of America, Horror Writers Association. Addresses: Home: 53 West 85th St., New York, NY 10024.

• Ishmael (poetry), Turret Books (London, England), 1972, Underwood/Miller, 1973.
• Open Air (poetry), Irish University Press (Shannon, Ireland), 1972.
• Marriages (novel), Coward (New York, NY), 1973.
• Julia (novel; also see below), Coward (New York, NY), 1975, published as Full Circle, Corgi (London, England), 1977.
• If You Could See Me Now (novel; also see below), Coward (New York, NY), 1977.
• Ghost Story (novel), Coward (New York, NY), 1979.
• Shadowland (novel), Coward (New York), 1980.
• The General's Wife (story), D. M. Grant (West Kingston, RI), 1982.
• Floating Dragon (novel), Putnam (New York, NY), 1983.
• Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970-1975, Underwood/Miller, 1983.
• (With Stephen King) The Talisman (novel), Viking (New York, NY), 1984, reprinted, Random House (New York, NY), 2001.
• Wild Animals: Three Novels (contains Julia, If You Could See Me Now, and Under Venus [also see below]), Putnam (New York, NY), 1984.
• Blue Rose (novella), Underwood/Miller, 1985.
• Under Venus, Berkley (New York, NY), 1985.
• Koko (first novel in the "Blue Rose" trilogy), Dutton (New York, NY), 1988.
• Mystery (second novel in the "Blue Rose" trilogy), Dutton (New York, NY), 1990.
• Mrs. God, paintings by Rick Berry, Donald Grant (Hampton Falls, NH), 1990.
• Houses without Doors (short stories), Dutton (New York, NY), 1990.
• The Throat (third novel in the "Blue Rose" trilogy), Dutton (New York, NY), 1993.
• The Hellfire Club (novel), Random House (New York, NY), 1996.
• Mister X, Random House (New York, NY), 1999.
• Magic Terror: Seven Tales, Random House (New York, NY), 2000.
• (With Stephen King) Black House, Random House (New York, NY), 2001.
• Lost Boy, Lost Girl (novel), Random House (New York, NY), 2003.
• In the Night Room (novel), Random House (New York, NY), 2004.
• (Editor) H. P. Lovecraft: Tales, Library of America (New York, NY), 2005.
• 5 Stories, Borderlands Press (Fallston, MD), 2008.

Also author of the novella The Ghost Village and editor of anthology Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists, Bard College, 2003. Straub's novels have been translated into a number of foreign languages.