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Audio Interviews with Peter Straub |
Peter Straub, a leader in the horror genre and author of Floating Dragon, Shadowlands, Ghost Story and many more, talks with Don Swaim in this 1983 interview. Straub is asked how he goes about planning a novel, to which he responds that writing a novel is like a "circus act." Straub also discusses turning his books into movies, his place in the horror genre and his collaboration with Steven King for a novel called Talisman. Listen to the Peter Straub interview with Don Swaim, February 9, 1983 These files are for your personal use only. Peter Straub talks about one of his first novels, Marriages and how it came to be. He discusses which one of his books he considers his “breakthrough” novel and how he and Stephen King collaborated to write the thriller, The Talisman. Straub is the author of 14 novels including The Hellfire Club and Mr. X and is the recipient of the British Fantasy Award, two Bram Stoker awards and two World Fantasy awards. Listen to the Peter Straub interview with Don Swaim, November 13, 1984 These files are for your personal use only. In this 1990 interview Peter Straub discusses his novel titled, Mystery and Don compares the book with that of the Hardy Boys mysteries. Straub also discusses some of the stories in his collection of novels, titled Houses Without Doors. Listen
to the Peter Straub interview with Don Swaim, December 12, 1990 These files are for your personal use only.
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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio. © Ohio University |
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