Dean Ray Koontz
pen names: Anthony North, David Axton, Aaron Wolfe, Owen West, Deanna Dwyer, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, John Hill, Richard Paige, Trixie Koontz and Brian Coffey.
born Everett, Pennsylvania: 9 July 1945
Dean Koontz is an American author who writes within what is generally regarded as the genre of suspense thrillers, but whose stories usually combine some elements of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire, and most especially elements of horror.
He is a writer of short stories, poems, graphic novels, and also a writer and producer of film screenplays and TV, but he is best known for his bestselling hardback and paperback novels. Since 1975, these have been mostly "horror thrillers." Much of his output was published under various different pseudonyms, or as Dean R. Koontz, but when reprinted it has all been acknowledged as Dean Koontz (dropping the R.)
Following his first published novel, Star Quest (1968) he published over twenty more SF novels within five years and never slowed down. He acknowledges that his breakthrough novel was Whispers (1980).
Much of his older work had strong religious or supernatural themes, and although his more recent horror does not, spirituality is usually a theme within his books. His stories can feature monstrous children, time travel, telepathy, voodoo magic, genetic engineering, alien invasion, artificial intelligence, paranormal, shapeshifting, serial murderers, and all the usual SF tropes.
Many of his novels are set in and around Orange County, California. The main character often has a dog, or a talking dog can even appear. He lives in orange County, and he owns an ex-service Golden Retriever called Trixie (one of Koontz's pen names is also Trixie Koontz.)
He is probably best known today for his Odd Thomas series, beginning with Odd Thomas (2003), and which became a 2013 film. Although older members of Chrons will remember his first film adaption, Demon Seed (1977), and the series of Watchers films.
He is another author whose books are often the answer to queries within our SFF Chronicles Book Search forum.
A list of his works is to be found here: Summary Bibliography: Dean R. Koontz
Wikipedia page: Dean Koontz - Wikipedia
pen names: Anthony North, David Axton, Aaron Wolfe, Owen West, Deanna Dwyer, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, John Hill, Richard Paige, Trixie Koontz and Brian Coffey.
born Everett, Pennsylvania: 9 July 1945
Dean Koontz is an American author who writes within what is generally regarded as the genre of suspense thrillers, but whose stories usually combine some elements of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire, and most especially elements of horror.
He is a writer of short stories, poems, graphic novels, and also a writer and producer of film screenplays and TV, but he is best known for his bestselling hardback and paperback novels. Since 1975, these have been mostly "horror thrillers." Much of his output was published under various different pseudonyms, or as Dean R. Koontz, but when reprinted it has all been acknowledged as Dean Koontz (dropping the R.)
Following his first published novel, Star Quest (1968) he published over twenty more SF novels within five years and never slowed down. He acknowledges that his breakthrough novel was Whispers (1980).
Much of his older work had strong religious or supernatural themes, and although his more recent horror does not, spirituality is usually a theme within his books. His stories can feature monstrous children, time travel, telepathy, voodoo magic, genetic engineering, alien invasion, artificial intelligence, paranormal, shapeshifting, serial murderers, and all the usual SF tropes.
Many of his novels are set in and around Orange County, California. The main character often has a dog, or a talking dog can even appear. He lives in orange County, and he owns an ex-service Golden Retriever called Trixie (one of Koontz's pen names is also Trixie Koontz.)
He is probably best known today for his Odd Thomas series, beginning with Odd Thomas (2003), and which became a 2013 film. Although older members of Chrons will remember his first film adaption, Demon Seed (1977), and the series of Watchers films.
He is another author whose books are often the answer to queries within our SFF Chronicles Book Search forum.
A list of his works is to be found here: Summary Bibliography: Dean R. Koontz
Wikipedia page: Dean Koontz - Wikipedia
