Dean Koontz
Autor/a de Odd Thomas
Sobre l'autor
Dean Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. A former high school English teacher as well as a teacher-counselor with the Appalachian Poverty Program, he began writing as a child to escape an ugly home life mostra'n més caused by his alcoholic father. A prolific writer at a young age, he had sold a dozen novels by the age of 25. Early in his career, he wrote under numerous pen names including David Axton, Brian Coffey, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Richard Paige, and Owen West. He is best known for the books written under his own name, many of which are bestsellers, including Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, The Husband, Odd Hours, 77 Shadow Street, Innocence, The City, Saint Odd, and The Silent Corner. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Dean Koontz
The Frankenstein Series 5-Book Bundle: Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, City of Night, Dead and Alive, Lost Souls, The Dead… (2010) 44 exemplars
The Snake Eaters: An Unlikely Band of Brothers and the Battle for the Soul of Iraq (2012) 33 exemplars
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book 2: City of Night 31 exemplars
The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas / Forever Odd / Brother Odd / Odd Hours / Odd Apocalypse / Odd… (2016) 25 exemplars
The Odd Thomas Series 4-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas / Forever Odd / Brother Odd / Odd Hours (2000) 23 exemplars
Mountain Witness 16 exemplars
Ride the Storm (Moonlight Bay #3) 13 exemplars
Dean Koontz Thriller Novella Collection: Darkness Under the Sun, Demon Seed, The Moonlit Mind (2014) 8 exemplars
Down in the Darkness 7 exemplars
Dean Koontz's Sole survivor. pt. 1 6 exemplars
Jane Hawk Thriller Series 5 Books Collection Set by Dean Koontz (Silent Corner, Whispering Room, Crooked Staircase,… (2019) 5 exemplars
Nameless 5 exemplars
Mike Tucker und der Maya- Fries / ... alias Mike Tucker / Mike Tucker auf Tauchstation. (1988) 5 exemplars
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein 4-Book Bundle: Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, City of Night, Dead and Alive, Lost Souls (2011) 5 exemplars
Fremmede 1. del 4 exemplars
Fremmede 2. del 4 exemplars
The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude,… (2014) 3 exemplars
De levende og de levende døde, Bind 2 3 exemplars
The Odd Thomas Series 6-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas / Forever Odd / Brother Odd / Odd Hours / Odd Apocalypse / Odd… (2013) 3 exemplars
VALUEPB(a) Koontz House of Thunder 3 exemplars
Atrapados en el hielo 3 exemplars
The Manager 3 exemplars
Dark Rivers of the Heart / Door to December / Whispers / Eyes of Darkness / False Memory (1900) 3 exemplars
A Mouse In The Walls Of The Global Village 3 exemplars
Nattens Ögon 2 exemplars
Rare Dean Koontz / MR MURDER First Edition 1993 2 exemplars
The Pig Society 2 exemplars
Jumbo-10 il rinnegato 2 exemplars
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein 4-book bundle Prodigal son, City of night, Dead and alive, Lost souls (2011) 2 exemplars
we three 2 exemplars
In the heat of the fire #1 2 exemplars
THE MYSTERY OF HIS FLESH in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1970. (1970) 2 exemplars
The Complete Odd Thomas Series 2 exemplars
Frankenstein and Me 2 exemplars
Darkfall / Cold Fire / Lightning 2 exemplars
Halloween Collection: By the Light of the Moon One door Away from Heaven Seize the Night 2 exemplars
Dean Koontz Collection: The Good Guy, By the Light of the Moon, Hideaway, Fear Nothing (2011) 2 exemplars
Shadowfires / By the Light of the Moon / The Door to December / The Face / Fear Nothing / Cold Fire (2017) 2 exemplars
MIXED EUROPEAN DUMPBIN/SHRINKWRAP ONLY 2 exemplars
Hogueras espectrales 2 exemplars
In the Dark 2 exemplars
Dean Koontz Collection: Midnight / Strange Highways / Fear Nothing / The Darkest Evening of the Year / Chase / Brother… (2012) 2 exemplars
The Funhouse / The House of Thunder / Cold Fire / Shadowfires / Icebound / Winter Moon / The Face of Fear 1 exemplars
Dance With The Devil 1 exemplars
Legacy Of Terror 1 exemplars
Chase / Down in the Darkness 1 exemplars
Muse 1 exemplars
Dean Koontz omnibus : Dean R 1 exemplars
Demon Child 1 exemplars
Dragonfly 1 exemplars
Susurros 1 exemplars
Dean Koontz 1 exemplars
Entre el amor y el miedo 1 exemplars
Caught Stealing (2004) 1 exemplars
Murder the Prophet 5 (Korean Edition) 1 exemplars
Bright Shiny Morning 1 exemplars
The House at the end 0f The World 1 exemplars
Shock Wave 1 exemplars
Blood canticle 1 exemplars
Dean Koontz 1 exemplars
Deadline 1 exemplars
Odd Thomas 1 – Odd Thomas 1 exemplars
SCARA STRAMBA- SERIA JANE HAWK VOL3 1 exemplars
Forbidden Door. The 1 exemplars
The Silent Corner - A Novel of Suspense 1 exemplars
The Silent Comer 1 exemplars
Shadow Fires 1 exemplars
Ääniä yössä 1 exemplars
La autopista de la muerte 1 exemplars
Rare -Dean R Koontz HELL'S GATE First edition 1970 Paperback Science Fiction Original (1970) 1 exemplars
CAMERA SOAPTELOR -SERIA JANE HAWK VOL2 1 exemplars
Sălașul răului 1 exemplars
Les Passagers 1 exemplars
The Art of Detection 1 exemplars
Cursa 1 exemplars
The Sinless Child 1 exemplars
The Damned 1 exemplars
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein 1 exemplars
Kokoro no kuraki kawa 1 (心の昏き川 上) 1 exemplars
Kokoro no kuraki kawa 2 (心の昏き川 下) 1 exemplars
A Flash of Green 1 exemplars
Abisso - Il romanzo della profezia 1 exemplars
Koontz, Dean (Jane Hawk, 5) 1 exemplars
Darness Comes 1 exemplars
Where the Beast Runs 1 exemplars
Nameless: Season Two (6 Book Series) 1 exemplars
Cosmic Sin [short story] 1 exemplars
El marido de la peluquera 1 exemplars
Koontz's 4-book JANE HAWK Series -- Silent Corner / Whispering Room / Crooked Staircase / Forbidden Door (2017) 1 exemplars
Set of 5 HARDCOVER Odd Thomas Books: Odd Thomas, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Forever Odd, Odd Apocalyse (Odd Thomas) (1971) 1 exemplars
The Undercity [short fiction] 1 exemplars
False Memory / Intensity / The Husband 1 exemplars
3 Novel Set 1 exemplars
Hideaway / Lightning 1 exemplars
Website 1 exemplars
Mr. Murder/Intensity/The Bad Place/The Good Guy/Dragon Tears/False Memory (6 Books) (2007) 1 exemplars
The Pace 1 exemplars
Black House 1 exemplars
Red Dog Bait 1 exemplars
Ο Παράξενος Αδελφός 1 exemplars
Odd Interluder #1 1 exemplars
Winter Moon by Koontz, Dean (1994) Paperback 1 exemplars
Phantoms Publisher: Berkley 1 exemplars
Jane Hawk Novels by Dean Koontz, 5-Book Set 1 exemplars
Rare Dean Koontz / THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR Signed 1st Edition 2007 [Hardcover] Koontz, Dean 1 exemplars
Jane Hawk Thriller Series 5 Books Collection Set - The Silent Corner, The Whispering Room, The Crooked Staircase, The… (2020) 1 exemplars
Лошо място, книга 2 1 exemplars
Father's Day 1 exemplars
Rare Dean Koontz / FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE Signed 1st Edition 2000 [Hardcover] Koontz, Dean 1 exemplars
Hannibal / The Eye of the Storm / Night Chills / The Servants of Twilight / Under the Lake 1 exemplars
Alucinogenia 1 exemplars
Čuvari 1 exemplars
Innocence[INNOCENCE NEW/E][Hardcover] 1 exemplars
Bay Katil 1 exemplars
Bone Yard 1 exemplars
Fear of Falling 1 exemplars
Parlor Trick 1 exemplars
Nameless: Season One 1 exemplars
L'uomo che amava le tenebre - Prima Edizione 1 exemplars
Devoção 1 exemplars
City of night: Frankenstein - Book two 1 exemplars
Kisa Acilan Kapi 1 exemplars
Hogueras espectrales 1 exemplars
Intrusos 1 exemplars
Rare Antique CROOKED STAIRCASE Dean Koontz SIGNED 1st Edition First Printing MYSTERY Thriller 1 exemplars
Bliss to You 1 exemplars
O Marido 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 3: Supermen (1948) — Col·laborador — 123 exemplars
Children of Infinity: Original Science Fiction Stories for Young Readers (1973) — Col·laborador — 44 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1970, Vol. 39, No. 1 (1970) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: Under Orders / The Husband / Scared to Live / Orbit (2007) 15 exemplars
Kauhupokkari 1 — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes: A Panorama of Science Fiction (1973) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Livros Condensados: Sombras Sobre a Babilónia | O Caso do Bébé Brett | À Deriva no Árctico | O Regresso da… — Autor — 5 exemplars
Great Mysteries Great Writers: Lucky Day / Trapped / Pastime / Snagged / Dealer's Choice (1994) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Det Bästas Bokval (1996) vol 190 : Mannen som kunde tala med hästar; Isfällan; Avslöjandet — Autor — 2 exemplars
Nathan's vlucht; Schaduw van hoop; IJskerker; Nella — Autor — 1 exemplars
Kirjavaliot - Sateentekijä (The rainmaker)/ Jään kahleissa (Icebound) / Hiljaiset sillat (The bridges of Madison… (1997) 1 exemplars
Readers Digest Select Editions (The Final Judgement, Icebound, That Camden Summer, Wildfire) (1997) — Autor — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Koontz, Dean Ray
- Altres noms
- Coffey, Brian
Nichols, Leigh
West, Owen
Wolfe, Aaron
Allan, W.H.
Axton, David (mostra-les totes 11)
Dwyer, Deanna
Dwyer, K.R.
Hill, John
North, Anthony
Paige, Richard - Data de naixement
- 1945-07-09
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Everett, Pennsylvania, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Newport Beach, California, USA
- Educació
- Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (1967)
- Professions
- author
- Organitzacions
- Canine Companions for Independence
- Premis i honors
- World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (1996)
- Biografia breu
- Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, with 14 hardcovers and 16 paperbacks reaching the number-one position. Koontz wrote under a number of pen names earlier in his career, including "David Axton", "Deanna Dwyer", "K.R. Dwyer", "Leigh Nichols" and "Brian Coffey". He has published over 105 novels, a number of novellas and collections of short stories, and has sold over 450 million copies of his work.
Koontz was born on July 9, 1945, in Everett, Pennsylvania, the son of Florence (née Logue) and Raymond Koontz. He has said that he was regularly beaten and abused by his alcoholic father, which influenced his later writing, as also did the courage of his physically diminutive mother in standing up to her husband. In his senior year at Shippensburg State College, he won a fiction competition sponsored by Atlantic Monthly magazine. After graduation in 1967, he went to work as an English teacher at Mechanicsburg High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s, Koontz worked for the Appalachian Poverty Program, a federally funded initiative designed to help poor children. In a 1996 interview with Reason magazine, he said that while the program sounded "very noble and wonderful, ... in reality, it was a dumping ground for violent children ... and most of the funding ended up 'disappearing somewhere.'" This experience greatly shaped Koontz's political outlook. In his book, The Dean Koontz Companion, he recalled that he
"... realized that most of these programs are not meant to help anyone, merely to control people and make them dependent. I was forced to reconsider everything I'd once believed. I developed a profound distrust of government regardless of the philosophy of the people in power. I remained a liberal on civil-rights issues, became a conservative on defense, and a semi-libertarian on all other matters."
Membres
Converses
Found: Disaster/end of the world a Name that Book (febrer 27)
Two genetically modified dogs, one good the other bad a Name that Book (juliol 2016)
The Funhouse by Dean Koontz a Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (gener 2011)
Dean Koontz... not too popular with serious horror fans? a Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (gener 2008)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Favourite Books (1)
To Read (30)
Unread books (1)
100 Hemskaste (1)
Best Pern Books (1)
Jarett's Books (22)
Which house? (2)
Already read (6)
Ghosts (2)
Florida (2)
Page Turners (1)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 489
- També de
- 64
- Membres
- 202,060
- Popularitat
- #20
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 3,736
- ISBN
- 4,238
- Llengües
- 27
- Preferit
- 597