Dean Koontz

## About the Author

* **Pen Names**: Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Owen West, Richard Paige
* **Genres**: Horror,
* **Writing Style**: suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire.
* **Author's Books**: Dean Koontz's Books

### Biography

In his senior year at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 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.*"

## Series

### Odd Thomas Series

* Genres: Horror
* Theme: *Odd Thomas can see the spirits of the restless dead*.
* Status: Complete
* Series list:
	+ You Are Destined To Be Together Forever (Odd Thomas 0.5) (2014)
	1. Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas Book 1) (2003)
	2. Forever Odd (Odd Thomas Book 2) (2005)
	3. Brother Odd (Odd Thomas Book 3) (2006)
	4. Odd Hours (Odd Thomas Book 4) (2008)
		+ Odd Interlude (Odd Thomas 4.5) (2012)
	5. Odd Apocalypse (Odd Thomas Book 5) (2012)
	6. Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas Book 6) (2012)
	7. Saint Odd (Odd Thomas Book 7) (2015)

### Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series

* Genres: Horror
* Theme:
* Status: Complete
* Notes: Frankenstein\_Wiki
* Series list:
	1. Prodigal Son (Frankenstein Book 1) (2005) (co-author Kevin J. Anderson)
	2. City of Night (Frankenstein Book 2) (2005) (co-author Ed Gorman)
	3. Dead and Alive (Frankenstein Book 3) (2009)
	4. Lost Souls (Frankenstein Book 4) (2010)
	5. The Dead Town (Frankenstein Book 5) (2011)

### Jane Hawk Series

* Genres: Horror
* Theme: (Not sure if this series should be included???)
* Status: Complete
* Series list:
	1. + The Bone Farm (Jane Hawk 0.5) (2018)
	2. The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk Book 1) (2016)
	3. The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk Book 2) (2017)
	4. The Crooked Staircase (Jane Hawk Book 3) (2018)
	5. The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk Book 4) (2018)
	6. The Night Window (Jane Hawk Book 5) (2019)

### Nameless Series

* Genres: Horror
* Theme: Vigilante Justice
* Status: Complete
* Description: *, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.*
* Film adaptation: Nameless is heading to TV

#### Season 1

* 1. In the Heart of the Fire (Nameless: Season One Book 1) (2019)
	2. Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One Book 2) (2019)
	3. The Praying Mantis Bride (Nameless: Season One Book 3) (2019)
	4. Red Rain (Nameless: Season One Book 4) (2019)
	5. The Mercy of Snakes (Nameless: Season One Book 5) (2019)
	6. Memories of Tomorrow (Nameless: Season One Book 6) (2019)

#### Season 2

* 1. The Lost Soul of the City (Nameless: Season Two Book 1) (2021)
	2. Gentle Is the Angel of Death (Nameless: Season Two Book 2) (2021)
	3. Kaleidoscope (Nameless: Season Two Book 3) (2021)
	4. Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not (Nameless: Season Two Book 4) (2021)
	5. Corkscrew (Nameless: Season Two Book 5) (2021)
	6. Zero In (Nameless: Season Two Book 6) (2021)

## Other Works

### Novels

Partial list:

* 77 Shadow Street (2010)
* Innocence (2013)
* The City (2014)
* Ashley Bell (2015)
* Devoted (2019)
* Elsewhere (2020)
* The Other Emily (2021)
* Quicksilver (2022)
* The Big Dark Sky (2022) - Sci Fi Horror
* The House at the End of the World (2023) - Sci Fi Horror

### Novellas

* Black River (2007)
* Darkness Under the Sun (2010)
* The Moonlit Mind (2011)
* Wilderness (2013)
* The Neighbor (2014)
* Last Light (2015)
* Final Hour (2015)
* Ricochet Joe (2017)

### Collections

* Strange Highways (1991)
* The Paper Doorway (poems) (2001)
* The Book of Counted Sorrows (poems) (2003)
* Every Day's a Holiday (poems) (2003)
* Wilderness and Other Stories (2014)
* Darkest Desires (2018)

### More Biblography

For his complete Biblography, please See Dean Koontz's Biblography