Biografie
Dean R. Koontz
- Geboren am
- GeburtsnameDean Ray Koontz
- Dean R. Koontz wurde am 9 Juli 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania, USA geboren. Er ist Autor und Produzent, bekannt für Odd Thomas (2013), Phantoms (1998) und Watchers - gnadenlos gejagt (1988). Er ist seit dem 15 Oktober 1966 mit Gerda Ann Cerra verheiratet.
- EhepartnerGerda Ann Cerra(15. Oktober 1966 - Gegenwart)
- Writer of horror, thriller and suspense stories.
- The epigraph page of many of his books quoted poetry from an obscure book titled "The Book of Counted Sorrows." Used and rare book dealers searched for this title for many years before Koontz admitted that he had actually wrote it himself and that it was unpublished. In 2003, he finally published a limited edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies.
- While still a young writer, his wife made him an offer: she would support him for one year while he tried to get a novel published. His career immediately took off, and now he supports them both.
- Was once a high school teacher.
- Graduated from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 1967.
- President of the Horror Writers Association 1986-1987.
- One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they invoke in us.
- The imagination is a muscle, partly. And the more you use it, the easier it becomes.
- [Robert Crais' novels] Terrific entertainment...swift, colorful, gripping, a real knockout.
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