Emma Straub is an American novelist and bookstore owner. Her novels include ''
Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks w ...
'', ''The Vacationers'', ''Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures'' and ''All Adults Here''. She is the author of a short story collection entitled ''Other People We Married''. In May 2022, Straub's novel ''This Time Tomorrow'' was published by Riverhead Books.
Personal life
Straub is the daughter of horror and suspense writer
Peter Straub
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
. She is married to Michael Fusco-Straub, a graphic designer, with whom she has two sons. A graduate of
The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine
The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine is an independent, Episcopal, K-8 day school for girls and boys of all faiths located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1901, it is located on the 13-acre campus of the Cath ...
,
Saint Ann's School,
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...
, and the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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, she lives in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
and owns the book store Books Are Magic.
"Emma Straub: By the Book"
''New York Times'', June 22, 2017.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Novelists from New York (state)
21st-century American women writers
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) alumni
Oberlin College alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
People from Brooklyn
Writers from New York City