Koontz, Dean R. 1945-

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Name (Hebrew)
קונץ, דין ר., 1945-
Name (Latin)
Koontz, Dean R. 1945-
Name (Arabic)
كونتز، دين، 1945-
Name (Cyrilic)
Кунц, Дин Р. 1945-
Other forms of name
nnaa Koontz, Dean
Koontz, Dean nnaa
Koontz, Dean, 1945-
Kunt︠s︡, Din, 1945-
Кунц, Дин, 1945-
Date of birth
1945
Place of birth
Everett (Pa.)
Place of residence/headquarters
Newport Beach (Calif.)
Field of activity
Fiction
Motion picture authorship
Associate group
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Occupation
Authors, American
Authors
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 110880758
Wikidata: Q272076
Library of congress: n 79081582
Sources of Information
  • His The pig-society, 1970.
  • His How to write best-selling fiction, c1981:t.p. (Dean R. Koontz)
  • Contemp. auth., v. 108, c1983(Koontz, Dean R(ay), 1945- )
  • Contemp. auth., new rev. ser., 1992:vol. 36 (Koontz, Dean R(ay) 1945- ; [pseuds.] David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer, K.R. Dwyer, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West)
  • His The servants of twilight, 1988, c1984:t.p. (Dean R. Koontz; originally written as "by Leigh Nichols")
  • His Santa's twin, c1996:tp. (Dean Koontz) jkt. (b. in Everett, Pennsylvania)
  • Ledi︠a︡nai︠a︡ ti︠u︡rʹma, 2002:t.p. (Din Kunt︠s︡) t.p. verso (Dean Koontz [in rom.])
  • Dean Koontz on Wikipedia via WWW, 24 March 2011(Dean Ray Koontz; b. July 9, 1945; American author of suspense thrillers; "known pseudonyms used by Koontz during his career include Deanna Dwyer, K. R. Dwyer, Aaron Wolfe, David Axton, Brian Coffey, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Owen West, Richard Paige and Anthony North. Many of Koontz's pseudonymous novels are now available under his real name")
  • Wikipedia, WWW, Mar. 29, 2011(novelist, short story writer, screenwriter: attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; lives in Newport Beach, California)
  • ספר: הפנים, 2006.

Wikipedia description:

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 fourteen hardcovers and sixteen 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 and a number of novellas and collections of short stories, and has sold over 500 million copies of his work. He has been acknowledged as "America's most popular suspense novelist" by Rolling Stone and as one of today's most celebrated and successful writers.

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