ดีน คุนซ์

**ดีน คุนซ์** () เป็นนักเขียนนิยายชาวสหรัฐ เขาเริ่มมีผลงานตั้งแต่อายุเพียง 19 ปี และขายดีเรื่อยมาจนถึงปัจจุบนเฉลี่ยปีละกว่าหนึ่งล้านหกแสนเล่ม นอกจากนี้ยังเคยขายดีติดอันดับทั้งในญี่ปุ่นและนอร์เวย์มาแล้วเช่นกัน

## ผลงานที่ผ่านมา
### นิยาย
* *The Fall of the Dream Machine* (1969 as Dean R. Koontz)
* *Chase* (1972, as K. R. Dwyer), revised and reissued (1995) 
* *Shattered* (1973, as K. R. Dwyer) 
* *Demon Seed* (1973) (later revised and reissued) 
* *Invasion* (1975, as Aaron Wolfe), reissued as Winter Moon (1994) 
* *Prison of Ice* (1976, as David Axton), reissued as Icebound (1995) 
* *Night Chills* (1976) 
* *Hanging On* (1976)
* *The Face of Fear* (1977, as Brian Coffey) 
* *The Vision* (1977) 
* *The Key to Midnight* (1979, as Leigh Nichols) 
* *The Voice of the Night* (1980, as Brian Coffey) 
* *The Funhouse* (1980, as Owen West) (novelization of The Funhouse, a Tobe Hooper film) 
* *Whispers* (1980)
* *The Mask* (1981, as Owen West) 
* *The Eyes of Darkness* (1981, as Leigh Nichols) 
* *The House of Thunder* (1982, as Leigh Nichols) 
* *Phantoms* (1983) 
* *Darkfall* (1984) 
* *The Servants of Twilight* (1984, as Leigh Nichols) 
* *Twilight Eyes* (1985) (reissued in 1987 with a second half) 
* *The Door to December* (1985, as Richard Paige) 
* *Strangers* (1986) 
* *Watchers* (1987) 
* *Shadow Fires* (1987, as Leigh Nichols) 
* *Lightning* (1988) 
* *Midnight* (1989) 
* *The Bad Place* (1990) 
* *Cold Fire* (1991) 
* *Hideaway* (1992) 
* *Mr. Murder* (1993) 
* *Dragon Tears* (1993) 
* *Winter Moon* (1994) (extensive revision of *Invasion*) 
* *Dark Rivers of the Heart* (1994) 
* *Icebound* (1995) (extensive revision of *Prison of Ice*) 
* *Strange Highways* (Cemetery Dance Publications, 1995) (collection of short stories) 
* *Intensity* (1996) 
* *Ticktock* (1996) 
* *Demon Seed* (1997) (revised) 
* *Sole Survivor* (January 29 1997) 
* *Fear Nothing* (Book one in the Moonlight Bay Trilogy) (January 14 1998) 
* *Seize the Night* (Book two in the Moonlight Bay Trilogy) (December 29 1998) 
* *False Memory* (December 28 1999) 
* *From the Corner of His Eye* (December 26 2000) 
* *One Door Away from Heaven* (December 26 2001) 
* *By the Light of the Moon* (December 24 2002) 
* *The Face* (May 27 2003) 
* *Odd Thomas* (December 9 2003) (Book one in the Odd Thomas Series) 
* *The Taking* (May 25 2004)
* *Life Expectancy* (December 7 2004) 
* *Prodigal Son* w/ Kevin J. Anderson (Book one in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series) (January 25 2005) 
* *Velocity* (May 24 2005)
* *City of Night* w/ Edward Gorman|Ed Gorman (Book two in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series) (July 26 2005) 
* *Forever Odd* (November 29 2005) (Book two in the Odd Thomas Series) 
* *The Husband* (May 30 2006) 
* *Brother Odd* (November 28 2006) (Book three in the Odd Thomas Series) 
* *The Good Guy* (May 29, 2007)
* *The Darkest Evening of the Year* (November 27 2007) 
* *Odd Hours (May 20, [[2008]]) (Book four in the Odd Thomas Series) 
* *Your Heart Belongs to Me* (November 25, [[2008]]) 
* *Dead and Alive (Book three in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series) (July 28 2009)
* *Relentless (Previously known as The Other Side of the Woods)* (June 9, 2009) 
* *Breathless* (November 24, 2009)

### นิยายที่ได้รับการปฏิเสธในช่วงแรก (out of print)

* *Star Quest* (1968) 
* *Fear That Man* (1969) 
* *The Fall of the Dream Machine* (1969) 
* *Hung* (1970, as Leonard Chris) 
* *Hell's Gate* (1970) 
* *The Dark Symphony* (1970) 
* *Dark of the Woods* (1970) 
* *Beastchild* (1970) 
* *Anti-Man* (1970)
* *Aphrodisiac Girl* (1970) 
* *Legacy of Terror* (1971, as Deanna Dwyer) 
* *The Crimson Witch* (1971) 
* *Warlock!* (1972) 
* *Time Thieves* (1972) 
* *Starblood* (1972) 
* *Demon Child* (1972, as Deanna Dwyer) 
* *A Darkness in My Soul* (1972) 

* *The Dark of Summer* (1972, as Deanna Dwyer) 
* *Children of the Storm* (1972, as Deanna Dwyer) 
* *The Flesh in the Furnace* (1972) 
* *A Werewolf Among Us* (1973) 
* *The Haunted Earth* (1973) 
* *Hanging On* (1973) 
* *Dance with the Devil* (1973, as Deanna Dwyer) 
* *Blood Risk* (1973, as Brian Coffey)
* *Bounce Girl* (1973) 
* *Surrounded* (1974, as Brian Coffey) 
* *After the Last Race* (1974)
* *Strike Deep* (1974) 
* *Wall of Masks* (1975, as Brian Coffey) 
* *Nightmare Journey* (1975) 
* *The Long Sleep* (1975, as John Hill) 
* *Dragonfly* (1975, as K. R. Dwyer)
* *The Pit* (1984)

## นิยายภาพ

* *Trapped* (with Ed Gorman) (1993) 
* *In Odd We Trust (June 24, [[2008]])


* *Nevermore* (with Keith Champagne) (October 27, [[2009]])


== หนังสือสำหรับเด็ก ==
* * (Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages) * (1988)
* *Santa's Twin* (November 1 1996) 
* *The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse* (October 1 2001) 
* *Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times* (October 1 2003) 
* *Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin* (October 1 2004)
* *I, Trixie, Who is Dog* (Picture Book) (October 29, [[2009]])

== นัน-ฟิกชั่น ==
* *The Underground Lifestyles Handbook* w/ Gerda Koontz (1970)
* *The Pig Society* w/ Gerda Koontz (1970) 
* *Writing Popular Fiction* (1972) 
* *How To Write Best-Selling Fiction* (1981) 
* *Life is Good! Lessons in Joyful Living* w/ Trixie Koontz (October 31 2004) 
* *Christmas Is Good!: Trixie Treats And Holiday Wisdom* w/ Trixie Koontz (October 31 [[2005]]) 
* *Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life* w/ Trixie Koontz (September 16, [[2008]])
* *A Big Little Life:  A Memoir of a Joyful Dog* (August 25, [[2009]])

== ความเรียง ==
* "Of Childhood" (Reflector, 1966)
* "Ibsen's Dream" (Reflector, 1966) 
* Introduction to *Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters* by Theo Kalomirakis (October 15 2003) 
* Foreword to *Love Heels: Tales from Canine Companions for Independence* (October 1 2003)

== งานสะสม ==

* *Strange Highways* (1995, short story collection) {reissued in September 2002}


* *Soft Come the Dragons* (1970, short story collection)


== นิยายขนาดสั้น ==

* "The Kittens" (1965) 
* "This Fence" (1965) 
* "Some Disputed Barricade" (1966) 
* "A Miracle is Anything" (1966) 
* "Soft Come the Dragons" (1967) 
* "Love 2005" (1967) 
* "To Behold the Sun" (1967) 
* "The Psychedelic Children" (1968) 
* "The Twelfth Bed" (1968) 
* "Dreambird" (1968) 
* "In the Shield" (1969) 
* "Temple of Sorrow" (1969) 
* "Killerbot" (1969) {revised and re-issued in 1977 as "A Season for Freedom"} 
* "Where the Beast Runs" (1969) 
* "The Face in His Belly" Part One (1969) 
* "Dragon In the Land" (1969) 
* "The Face in His Belly" Part Two (1969) 
* "Muse" (1969) 
* "A Third Hand" (1970) 
* "Nightmare Gang" (1970) 
* "The Good Ship Lookoutworld" (1970) 
* "The Mystery of His Flesh" (1970) 
* "Emanations" (1970) 
* "Beastchild" (1970) 
* "The Crimson Witch" (1970) 
* "Shambolain" (1970)
* "Unseen Warriors" (1970) 


* "Bruno" (1971) 
* "The Terrible Weapon" (1972) 
* "Cosmic Sin" (1972) 
* "Altarboy" (1972) 
* "Ollie's Hands" (1972) {revised and re-issued in 1987} 
* "A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village" (1972) 
* "Grayworld" (1973) 
* "The Sinless Child" (1973) 
* "Wake Up To Thunder" (1973) 
* "Terra Phobia" (1973) 
* "The Undercity" (1973) 
* "We Three" (1974) 
* "Night of the Storm" (1974) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1976} 
* "Down in the Darkness" (1986) 
* "Weird World" (1986) 
* "Snatcher" (1986) 
* "The Monitors of Providence {collaboration}" (1986) 
* "The Black Pumpkin" (1986) 
* "The Interrogation" (1987) 
* "Hardshell" (1987) 
* "Miss Atilla the Hun" (1987) 
* "Twilight of the Dawn" (1987) 
* "Graveyard Highway" (1987) 
* "Trapped" (1989) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1992} 
* "Pinkie" (1998) 
* "Black River" (1999) 
* "Qual Con" (2001)


== บทภาพยนตร์ ==

* *CHiPs episode 306: Counterfeit* (20 October 1979) –as by Brian Coffey
* *The Bad Place*


* *Phantoms* (1998) –Dimension–Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole
* *Dean Koontz's Frankenstein* (2005 - [http://charnelhouse.com/frankenstein.html Charnel House 2006] )


== บทกวี ==

* *The Reflector* (1965-67)
* *The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse* (2001) 


* *Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times* (2003) 
* *The Book of Counted Sorrows* (2003)


== อ้างอิง ==
* ^ a b Drake, Tim (March 6, 2007). National Catholic Register. http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/2013  Chatting With Koontz About Faith. Retrieved 2009-11-28.  
* ^ Rossi, Tony, Best-selling Author Dean Koontz Explores Catholic Values in Novels Catholic Exchange, August 1, 2009 
* ^ Ramsland, Katherine M. (1997). Dean Koontz : a writer’s biography. New York, N.Y.: HarperPrism. ISBN 006105271X.  LCCN 97-030839 
* ^ deankoontz.com. "photo gallery". http://deankoontz.com/about-dean/photo-gallery.php . Retrieved 2007-08-03.  
* ^ NEWSMEAT ▷ Dean Koontz's Federal Campaign Contribution Report

== แหล่งข้อมูลอื่น ==
* [http://deankoontz.com/ Dean Koontz - The Official Website].
* [http://koontz.iwarp.com/ Stu Weaver's Dean Koontz Site] - The most complete online listing of the American first editions and pseudonyms
* [http://theadvocates.org/celebrities/dean-koontz.html Dean Koontz - Friend of Liberty]  article by Bill Winter.
* [http://reason.com/9611/int.koontz.shtml "Contemplating Evil"] , interview in *Reason'' by Nick Gillespie and Lisa Snell.
* Audio interview with National Review Online 
* Dean Koontz eBooks 
* Dean Koontz audiobooks 
* Dean Koontz fan club and forum 
* Dean Koontz at the Internet Book List 
* Dean Koontz information
* The Dean Koontz Community  - Online Koontz fan forum

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