Peter Straub — American Writer born on March 02, 1943,

Peter Francis Straub is an American novelist and poet. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award... (wikipedia)

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.
Each new book is a tremendous challenge.
As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge of excitement. I knew it was going to work.
The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.
If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.