Dean Koontz
(Dean Ray Koontz)
(1945 - )aka
W H Allan, David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer, K R Dwyer, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West, Aaron Wolfe
About Dean Koontz
Acknowledged as "America's most popular suspense novelist"(Rolling Stone ) and as one of today's most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character, mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be human.
Dean Koontz lives with his wife, Gerda, and their dog, Trixie, in southern California.
Dean Koontz lives with his wife, Gerda, and their dog, Trixie, in southern California.
Series
Tucker (with Brian Coffey (Dean Koontz))
1. Blood Risk (1974)
2. Surrounded (1974)
3. The Wall of Masks (1975)
1. Blood Risk (1974)
2. Surrounded (1974)
3. The Wall of Masks (1975)
Odd Thomas
1. Odd Thomas (2003)
2. Forever Odd (2005)
3. Brother Odd (2006)
4. Odd Hours (2008)
5. Odd Apocalypse (2012)
6. Deeply Odd (2013)
In Odd We Trust (2008) (with Queenie Chan)
Odd Is on Our Side (2010) (with Fred Van Lente)
The Odd Thomas Series: Odd Thomas / Forever Odd / Brother Odd / Odd Hours (omnibus) (2012)
Odd Thomas Series Books 1-5 (omnibus) (2013)
1. Odd Thomas (2003)
2. Forever Odd (2005)
3. Brother Odd (2006)
4. Odd Hours (2008)
5. Odd Apocalypse (2012)
6. Deeply Odd (2013)
In Odd We Trust (2008) (with Queenie Chan)
Odd Is on Our Side (2010) (with Fred Van Lente)
The Odd Thomas Series: Odd Thomas / Forever Odd / Brother Odd / Odd Hours (omnibus) (2012)
Odd Thomas Series Books 1-5 (omnibus) (2013)
Odd Interlude
1. Odd Interlude Part One (2012)
2. Odd Interlude Part Two (2012)
3. Odd Interlude Part Three (2012)
Odd Interlude (2012)
Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure (omnibus) (2013)
1. Odd Interlude Part One (2012)
2. Odd Interlude Part Two (2012)
3. Odd Interlude Part Three (2012)
Odd Interlude (2012)
Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure (omnibus) (2013)
Novels
Star Quest (1968)
The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969)
Fear That Man (1969)
Anti-man (1970)
Beastchild (1970)
The Dark Symphony (1970)
Hell's Gate (1970)
The Crimson Witch (1971)
Demon Child (1971) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Legacy Of Terror (1971) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Children of the Storm (1972) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Dance With The Devil (1972) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
The Dark Of Summer (1972) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
The Flesh in the Furnace (1972)
Starblood (1972)
A Darkness in My Soul (1972)
Warlock (1972)
Chase (1972) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
A Werewolf Among Us (1973)
Hanging on (1973)
Demon Seed (1973)
The Haunted Earth (1973)
Shattered (1973) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
After the Last Race (1974)
The Long Sleep (1975) (with John Hill (Dean Koontz))
Nightmare Journey (1975)
Invasion (1975) (with Aaron Wolfe (Dean Koontz))
Dragonfly (1975) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Night Chills (1976)
Prisoner of Ice (1976) (with David Axton (Dean Koontz))
aka Icebound
The Vision (1977)
Time Thieves (1977)
The Face of Fear (1978) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
The Key to Midnight (1979) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
The Voice of the Night (1980) (with Brian Coffey (Dean Koontz))
Whispers (1980)
The Funhouse (1980) (with Owen West (Dean Koontz))
The Eyes of Darkness (1981) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
The Mask (1981) (with Owen West (Dean Koontz))
The House of Thunder (1982) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
Phantoms (1983)
Darkness Comes (1984)
aka Darkfall
The Servants of Twilight (1985) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
The Door to December (1985) (with Richard Paige (Dean Koontz))
Twilight Eyes (1985)
Strangers (1986)
Shadow Fires (1987) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
Watchers (1987)
Lightning (1988)
Oddkins (1988)
Midnight (1989)
The Bad Place (1990)
Cold Fire (1991)
Hideaway (1992)
Dragon Tears (1993)
Mr. Murder (1993)
Winter Moon (1993)
Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
Intensity (1995)
TickTock (1996)
Sole Survivor (1997)
False Memory (1998)
From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
By the Light of the Moon (2002)
The Face (2003)
Life Expectancy (2004)
The Taking (2004)
Velocity (2005)
The Husband (2006)
The Good Guy (2007)
The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007)
Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
Relentless (2009)
Breathless (2009)
What the Night Knows (2010)
77 Shadow Street (2011)
Innocence (2014)
The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969)
Fear That Man (1969)
Anti-man (1970)
Beastchild (1970)
The Dark Symphony (1970)
Hell's Gate (1970)
The Crimson Witch (1971)
Demon Child (1971) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Legacy Of Terror (1971) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Children of the Storm (1972) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Dance With The Devil (1972) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
The Dark Of Summer (1972) (with Deanna Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
The Flesh in the Furnace (1972)
Starblood (1972)
A Darkness in My Soul (1972)
Warlock (1972)
Chase (1972) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
A Werewolf Among Us (1973)
Hanging on (1973)
Demon Seed (1973)
The Haunted Earth (1973)
Shattered (1973) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
After the Last Race (1974)
The Long Sleep (1975) (with John Hill (Dean Koontz))
Nightmare Journey (1975)
Invasion (1975) (with Aaron Wolfe (Dean Koontz))
Dragonfly (1975) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
Night Chills (1976)
Prisoner of Ice (1976) (with David Axton (Dean Koontz))
aka Icebound
The Vision (1977)
Time Thieves (1977)
The Face of Fear (1978) (with K R Dwyer (Dean Koontz))
The Key to Midnight (1979) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
The Voice of the Night (1980) (with Brian Coffey (Dean Koontz))
Whispers (1980)
The Funhouse (1980) (with Owen West (Dean Koontz))
The Eyes of Darkness (1981) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
The Mask (1981) (with Owen West (Dean Koontz))
The House of Thunder (1982) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
Phantoms (1983)
Darkness Comes (1984)
aka Darkfall
The Servants of Twilight (1985) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
The Door to December (1985) (with Richard Paige (Dean Koontz))
Twilight Eyes (1985)
Strangers (1986)
Shadow Fires (1987) (with Leigh Nichols (Dean Koontz))
Watchers (1987)
Lightning (1988)
Oddkins (1988)
Midnight (1989)
The Bad Place (1990)
Cold Fire (1991)
Hideaway (1992)
Dragon Tears (1993)
Mr. Murder (1993)
Winter Moon (1993)
Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
Intensity (1995)
TickTock (1996)
Sole Survivor (1997)
False Memory (1998)
From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
By the Light of the Moon (2002)
The Face (2003)
Life Expectancy (2004)
The Taking (2004)
Velocity (2005)
The Husband (2006)
The Good Guy (2007)
The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007)
Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
Relentless (2009)
Breathless (2009)
What the Night Knows (2010)
77 Shadow Street (2011)
Innocence (2014)
Omnibus
Star Quest / Doom of the Green Planet (1968) (with Emil Petaja)
Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons (1970)
Three Complete Novels (1991)
Winter Moon / Icebound (1995)
House of Thunder / Cold Fire / Dragon Tears (1996)
Koontz II (1996)
Koontz III (1997)
Key to Midnight / Shattered / House of Thunder (1998)
Cold Fire / Key to Midnight / Hideaway (2000)
Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity (2001)
Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons (1970)
Three Complete Novels (1991)
Winter Moon / Icebound (1995)
House of Thunder / Cold Fire / Dragon Tears (1996)
Koontz II (1996)
Koontz III (1997)
Key to Midnight / Shattered / House of Thunder (1998)
Cold Fire / Key to Midnight / Hideaway (2000)
Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity (2001)
Collections
Strange Highways (1991)
The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse (poems) (2001)
The Book of Counted Sorrows (poems) (2003)
Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times (poems) (2003)
The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse (poems) (2001)
The Book of Counted Sorrows (poems) (2003)
Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times (poems) (2003)
Picture Books
Graphic Novels
Novellas
Series contributed to
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
1. Prodigal Son (2005) (with Kevin J Anderson)
2. City of Night (2005) (with Ed Gorman)
3. Dead and Alive (2009)
4. Lost Souls (2010)
5. The Dead Town (2011)
Prodigal Son / City of Night (omnibus) (2011)
The Frankenstein Series 5-Book Bundle (omnibus) (2012)
1. Prodigal Son (2005) (with Kevin J Anderson)
2. City of Night (2005) (with Ed Gorman)
3. Dead and Alive (2009)
4. Lost Souls (2010)
5. The Dead Town (2011)
Prodigal Son / City of Night (omnibus) (2011)
The Frankenstein Series 5-Book Bundle (omnibus) (2012)
Non fiction
Writing Popular Fiction (1972)
How to Write Best Selling Fiction (1981)
Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery (1996)
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)
How to Write Best Selling Fiction (1981)
Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery (1996)
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)
Anthologies containing stories by Dean Koontz
Time Thieves and Against Arcturus (1972)
Again Dangerous Visions Book 2 (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Final Stage (1974)
Night Visions Hardshell (1987)
The Architecture of Fear (1987)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Predators (1993)
The Ultimate Witch (1993)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
Again Dangerous Visions Book 2 (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Final Stage (1974)
Night Visions Hardshell (1987)
The Architecture of Fear (1987)
Between Time and Terror (1990)
Predators (1993)
The Ultimate Witch (1993)
Cyber-Killers (1997)
Short stories
| Kittens (1966) | |||
| Beastchild [short story] (1970) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Dark of the Moon (1970) | |||
| Nightmare Gang (1970) | |||
| Soft Came the Dragons (1970) | |||
| Bruno (1971) | |||
| A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village (1972) | |||
| Ollie's Hands (1972) | |||
| Time Thieves [short story] (1972) | |||
| The Undercity (1973) | |||
| Night of the Storm (1974) | |||
| We Three (1974) | |||
| The Black Pumpkin (1986) | |||
| Down in the Darkness (1986) | |||
| Snatcher (1986) | |||
| Hardshell (1987) | |||
| Miss Attila the Hun (1987) | |||
| Twilight of the Dawn (1987) | |||
| Trapped [short story] (1989) | |||
| Strange Highways [short story] (1995) |
Awards
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Books about Dean Koontz
Sudden Fear: The Horror and Dark Suspense Fiction of Dean R. Koontz (1992) by Bill Munster
The Dean Koontz Companion (1994) by Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg
Dean Koontz : A Writer's Biography (1997) by Katherine Ramsland
A Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz (2009) by Michael Sauers
The Dean Koontz Companion (1994) by Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg
Dean Koontz : A Writer's Biography (1997) by Katherine Ramsland
A Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz (2009) by Michael Sauers
Links to other websites
| deankoontz.com |
Dean Koontz recommends
 I Am Legend (1954) Richard Matheson "The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula" |  Pale Gray for Guilt (1968) (Travis McGee, book 9) John D MacDonald "...my favorite novelist of all time." |  The Nightrunners (1983) Joe R Lansdale "This book has raw power. It grabs you and carries you right along." |
 Vampire Junction (1984) (Vampire Junction, book 1) S P Somtow "S P Somtow doesn't write like anyone else - when he wants to spook you, he can drive the chill bone deep!" |  False Prophets (1985) (Wallace Mahoney) Sean Flannery "If you like thrillers full of international intrigue, Flannery is a major find." |  Live Girls (1987) (Davey Owen, book 1) Ray Garton "Live Girls is gripping, original and sly. I finished it in one bite." |
 Swan Song (1987) Robert R McCammon "A wild ride into terror. A grand and disturbing adventure." |  While Angels Sleep (1988) Judith Kelman "Swift, suspenseful, and highly entertaining." |  Fantasma (1989) Thomas F Monteleone "Monteleone has the rare ability to convey an evil chill with words." |
 The Pavilion of Frozen Women (1990) S P Somtow "He can drive the chill home deep!" |  The School (1990) T M Wright "Wright has a unique imagination." |  Valentine (1992) (Vampire Junction, book 2) S P Somtow "S.P. Somtow doesn't write like anyone else - which is unusual. His is a fresh voice, as engaging as it is unique." |
 The Serpent's Kiss (1992) Daniel Ransom "Ransom's writing is strong, fast, and sleek as a bullet. He's one of the best." |  Dark Tide (1993) Elizabeth Forrest "One of those big, scary, colorful adventure stories... the real stuff, a rare pleasure." |  Night Relics (1994) James P Blaylock "A first-rate, atmospheric tale of the supernatural..." |
 The Nightmare Chronicles (1999) Douglas Clegg "Douglas Clegg's short stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby!" |  Torch (1999) Deanie Francis Mills "Deanie Mills is Mary Higgins Clark with an edge." |  Lawless (2000) Ed Gorman "Gorman's writing is strong, fast, and sleek as a bullet. He's one of the best." |
 Night in the Lonesome October (2001) Richard Laymon "No one writes like Laymon, and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes." |  The Darkest Part of the Woods (2002) Ramsey Campbell "Campbell is highly regarded for his sensitive use of language and psychologically complex characters...Disquieting, unnerving and thoroughly satisfying." |  The Machine Crusade (2002) (Legends of Dune, book 2) Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert "Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision." |
 The Coil (2004) (Liz Sansborough, book 2) Gayle Lynds "The Coil is fast-paced, thrillingly paranoid, page-turning international adventure and intrigue at its best!" |  Phantom Nights (2005) John Farris "A legend among thriller novelists." |  The Mysteries (2005) Lisa Tuttle "A thriller, detective story, and fantasy all in one. A winner!" |
 Three Days to Never (2006) Tim Powers "A hurricane blowing away the stale postmodern sensibility of most fiction." |  The Successful Novelist (2008) David Morrell "Like listening to a beloved brother. I found the acute observations and his narrative philosophy more valuable for the new writer than the contents of any 100 other texts." |  The Panic Zone (2010) (Jack Gannon, book 2) Rick Mofina "The Panic Zone is a headlong rush toward armageddon. Its brisk pace and tight focus remind me of early Michael Crichton." |
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