Peter Straub, continued


so much radioactive tumbleweed. You get friendly slobbering werewolves and not so friendly ones. You get voices that come out of telephones that sound like cracked, rasping croak of something long dead, some creature which could be seen like the living: the sight of it would drive a living person insane, or strike him dead with frost- etchings on his lips and staring eyes blinded by cataracts of ice.”


What followed were many other successful novels that landed on bestseller lists such as Koko, Mystery, The Throat, The Hellfire Club, and Lost Boy, Lost Girl. In 2001, Straub once again teamed up with Stephen King to write bestseller The Black House, which was a partial sequel to The Talisman.


In an interview following Straub’s death, Stephen King said about his friend, “He was a unique writer in a lot of ways. He was not only a literary writer with a poetic sensibility, but he was readable. And that was a fantastic thing. He was a modern writer, who was the equal of say, Phillip Roth, though he wrote about fantastic things. He brought a poet’s sensibility to the field, creating a synthesis of horror and beauty.”


Peter Straub is survived by his wife Susan Bitker, whom he wed in 1966, as well as their children Benjamin and Emma, who has followed in her father’s footsteps as a novelist. He joins a distinguished list of writers who have struggled with stuttering.


2023 GIFTS IN HONOR 俊哲


Jameson Acuff William T. Adkins Ahmed


Alicia from the park All my friends who stutter


All my students who stuttered


All SLPs–my heroes All Those Who Stutter Julio Amaya


Teresa Amaya Edgar Arroyave Kenta Asars Finn Balan John Banister Charles Beck Dominque Bell Julia Bencko


President Joe Biden Holly Bishop Nicholas Boody Guy Bradshaw David Briggs


Brilliant, brave kids and parents


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Susan Hamilton Burleigh Mara Calvello


Capistrano Unified SD SLPs and SLPAs


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Casey Davidson Helen Davis


Holly DiClemente Danielle Diekevers Adriana DiGrande Dr. Joe Donaher Eileen G. Drury Jason Dulik Mark E.


Andrew Engelbart Family


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Judith C. Gelderman Brett Gibbs


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Jacob Kerwin Kids who stutter Jordan Koplin


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Dr. Sebrina A. Lindsay-Law Jena Lindstrand Conor and Amanda Lofton Thomas J. Lopez Cohen B. Lott Sara MacIntyre Brendan Mahoney


Betty Malinak


Dr. Walter Manning Alex Manson


Alejandro (Alex) Hernandez Joaquin Herrera Michael Herrington


Kenyon Martin, Jr. Yeshua El Messiah Suzanne Michaud


Tommy Milot Eric James Minar Llogan Morris


Mr. Rooter Plumbing Mick Mulder


Terrence L. Murgallis II Dawn Murray My past students My son


My wonderful grandchildren Dr. Lois Nelson Noble


Eric Notkin Cassie Overlin William Parker III Susannah Parkin J. Calvin Parsons Gloria Paster David Perkins Carter Peterson John S. Phillips


Penelope Phillips Sadie Pierson


Mr. and Mrs. Trey Prescott Ben and Anthy Price Tanner Raines


Noah, Owen, and Eli Roeder Emily Root


Anne Brennan Malec and Scott Strubel


Reuven Roslyn


Dr. Arlyne E. Russo Luke Rutkowski Bob Schimmel Tony Shaffer Andrew Sharpe Shannon Sharpe Hayden Short


and Anne Brennan Malec


Brandon Sibilia Vivian Sisskin Whitney Smith Sachin Srinivasan John G. Stebbins Mark and Donna Storm Bruce Stouffer Lauren Strada Scott Strubel


The Stuttering Foundation employees


Richard and Peggy Sudderth Graham Surface Maureen M. Tardelli John Tarver Kirk Tarver


Thomas Terpstra


“They know who they are; Superman”


Emily and Crom Tidwell Courtney Tillem


Tim, Allison, Leigh, Whitney, Lindsay


Dr. Julia Unger


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Kristin, Robin, Arlo, Bodhi, and Lennie Wren


Tony Z.


Dr. Patricia Zebrowski Arden Zimmer Axel Zimmer


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