Dean Koontz

Person · Open Library

Born

9 July 1945

Works

305

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1945-07-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,944

Total plays

117,256

Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers. He also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Several of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with ten hardcovers and fourteen paperbacks reaching the number one slot. Early in his career, Koontz wrote under an array of pen names. Koontz describes his youth as one of poverty under the abu

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,964x

2. MapReduce

   · 2008 · cited 11,389x

3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,996x

4. The Determination of Enzyme Dissociation Constants

   · 1934 · cited 10,204x

5. Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

   · 2021 · cited 9,947x

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Quotes

• “When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject — if I have a serious interest in it.”
• “It's so damn hard to bloom… to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world, it's hard. Desire to change isn't enough. Or desperation. Couldn't be done without… love.”
• “Did you get the leash on him yet, Einstein?”
• “Evidently, Ted had walked down the block from his own house and entered with the intention of fixing something. Now Ted was broken, too, and beyond repair.”
• “As an attorney, I assure you the law isn't a line engraved in marble, immovable and unchangeable through the centuries. Rather… the law is like a string, fixed at both ends but with a great deal of play in it — very loose, the line of the law — so you can stretch it this way or that, rearrange the arc of it so you are nearly always — short of blatant theft or cold-blooded murder — safely on the right side. That's a daunting thing to realize but true.”
• “… mankind has no right to employ its genius in the creation of another intelligent species, then treat it like property. If we've come so far that we can create as God creates, then we have to learn to act with the justice and mercy of God.”

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Key facts

Born

Dean Ray Koontz , ( 1945-07-09 ) July 9, 1945 (age 80) , Everett , Pennsylvania, United States

Pen name

Aaron Wolfe Brian Coffey David Axton Deanna Dwyer John Hill K.R. Dwyer Leigh Nichols Anthony North Owen West Richard Paige

Occupation

Novelist short story writer screenwriter poet

Education

Shippensburg State College ( BA )

Genre

Suspense horror fiction science fiction thriller fantasy

Notable works

Odd Thomas Demon Seed Watchers Hideaway Intensity Phantoms The Face of Fear Lightning

Spouse

Gerda Ann Cerra ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 15, 1966</span>"}]]}'>1966 ) ​

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