Peter Straub is one of the most acclaimed writers of horror; GHOST STORY is one of his masterworks. Long out of print in the UK, now reissued as the spearhead of the Gollancz Terror Eight promotion, a must-have series for horror readers old and new The terror just mounts and mounts' Stephen King The scariest book I've ever read ... It crawls under your skin and into your dreams' CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Superb horror' THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Peter Straub is the author of fourteen novels including The Talisman (with Stephen King), Koko, The Hellfire Club and Mr. X. His latest novel is Black House, the much-anticipated sequel to The Talisman, also written with Stephen King. He has won the British Fantasy Award, three Bram Stoker Awards and two World Fantasy Swards. He lives in New York City.