Dean Ray Koontz came into this world on July 9, 1945 in Bedford, Pennsylvania. He says his family was very poor and his father was a drunkard and womanizer media. The house was lived in a hut with four small rooms and a tar paper roof.
In 1967, Dean graduated from Shippensburg University with a degree in English. He married Gerda, his first love of the same year. They decided to have no children.
Dean took a job with the Appalachian Poverty Program, tutoring andTips to disadvantaged children. His love for writing was always with him, so he continued to write after work and on weekends. His first published work, "Star Quest" is a science fiction novel.
Dean had worked for about 18 months as an English teacher in high school, as his wife, Gerda, made a proposal. He got a job in a shoe factory and offered to help the family for five years, to concentrate on his writing career. After five years, quit her job and Gerdatends to the business side of writing Dean.
Dean has also written under this pseudonym: WH Allan, David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer, KR Dwyer, John Hill, Aaron Wolf, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West. He says he did this because the publishers convinced him that because he writes in various genres, could end up alienating his audience.
Dean had written several science fiction books, before he ventures into thriller tension. He says:"... The beautifully decorated, bright, welcoming room contains an impressive series of terrible weapons in which the latent talent for murder." Dean also has cartoons, short stories, novels written and illustrated books. Some of his books were inspired by his beloved Golden Retriever, Trixie.
Dean has been called "a masterful writer and eccentric character." He is a writer, his extraordinary ability to provide a safe and comfortable in a world of pure newHorror.
Most of the novels of Dean are in and around Los Angeles. Many of his books were made into films, and talk of "Odd Thomas", a novel made into a TV mini-series.
Dean and Gerda, his home in southern California.
Books by Dean Koontz:
Series:
Tucker: (as Brian Coffey)
Blood Risk (1973)
Surrounded (1974)
The Wall of Masks (1975)
Moonlight Bay:
Fearless (1997)
Seize the Night (1998)
OddThomas:
Odd Thomas (2003)
Forever Odd (2005)
Brother Odd (2006)
Odd Hours (2008)
In Odd We Trust (2008) (with Queenie Chan)
Stand Alone Novels:
Star Quest (1968)
The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969)
The fear that the man (1969)
Anti-Man (1970)
Beast Horror (1970)
The Dark Symphony (1970)
Hell's Gate (1970)
The Crimson Witch (1971)
Demon Child (1971) (as Deanna Dwyer)
Legacy of Terror (1971) (as Deanna Dwyer)
A Darkness in My Soul(1972)
The meat in the oven (1972)
Blood Star (1972)
Warlock (1972)
Children of the Storm (1972) (as Deanna Dwyer)
The darkness of Summer (1972) (as Deanna Dwyer)
Chase (1972) (as KR Dwyer)
Dance with the Devil (1972) (as Deanna Dwyer)
The Land of Ghosts (1973) (as Deanna Dwyer)
A Werewolf Among Us (1973)
Hanging on (1973)
Demon Seed (1973)
Shattered (1,973)
(1974) after the last race
Dragonfly (1974) (as KR Dwyer)
Travel nightmare(1975)
Invasion (1975) (as Aaron Wolfe)
The Long Sleep (1975) (as John Hill)
Night Chills (1976)
Prisoner of Ice (1976) (as David Axton)
Thief of Time (1977)
The Vision (1977)
The Face of Fear (1977) (as KR Dwyer)
The Key to Midnight (1979) (as Leigh Nichols)
Whispers (1980)
The Voice of the Night (1980) (as Brian Coffey)
The Funhouse (1980) (as Owen West)
The Eyes of Darkness (1981) (as Leigh Nichols)
The Mask (1981) (Owen West)
Homeof Thunder (1982) (as Leigh Nichols)
Darkness Comes (1983)
Phantoms (1983)
Officials of the Twilight (1984) (as Leigh Nichols)
The door of September (1985) (as Richard Paige)
Twilight Eyes (1985)
Strangers (1986)
Watchers (1987)
Fire Shadow (1987) (as Leigh Nichols)
Lightening (1988)
Oddkins (1988)
Midnight (1989)
The Bad Place (1989)
Cold Fire (1991)
Hideaway (1991)
Dragon Tears (1992)
Mr. Murder (1993)
Winter Moon1993)
Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
Intensity (1995)
Tick Tock (1995)
Santa's Twin (1996)
Sole Survivor (1997)
False Memory (1999)
(2000) Out of the corner of the eye
A door from the sky (2001)
(2002) With the light of the moon
The Face (2003)
Life expectancy (2004)
The Abduction (2004)
Robot Santa: The Adventures of Santa's Twin (2004)
Velocity (2005)
The husband (2006)
The Good Guy (2007)
The Darkest EveningYear (2007)
Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
Relentless (2009)
Breathless (2009)
Picture books:
Trixie, which is Dragon (2009)
Trixie and Jinx (2010)
Graphic Novels:
Trapped (1993) (with Ed Gorman)
Nevermore (2009) (with Keith Champagne)
Non Fiction:
How to write best-selling novels (1981)
Writing popular fiction (1992)
Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life (2008) (with Trixie Koontz)
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog(2009)
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