ดีน คุนซ์

ดีน คุนซ์ (อังกฤษ: Dean Koontz) เป็นนักเขียนนิยายชาวสหรัฐ เขาเริ่มมีผลงานตั้งแต่อายุเพียง 19 ปี และขายดีเรื่อยมาจนถึงปัจจุบนเฉลี่ยปีละกว่าหนึ่งล้านหกแสนเล่ม นอกจากนี้ยังเคยขายดีติดอันดับทั้งในญี่ปุ่นและนอร์เวย์มาแล้วเช่นกัน

ดีน คุนซ์ (Dean Koontz)
นามปากกา	Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, John Hill, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Leonard Chris, Owen West, Richard Paige
อาชีพ	novelist, short story writer, screenwriter
แนว	ลึกลับ, นิยายสยองขวัญ, นิยายวิทยาศาสตร์
เว็บไซต์
http://deankoontz.com

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 - Charnel House 2006 เก็บถาวร 2009-04-14 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน)

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 เก็บถาวร 2010-01-17 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน 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 เก็บถาวร 2007-06-29 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
• ^ NEWSMEAT ▷ Dean Koontz's Federal Campaign Contribution Report

แหล่งข้อมูลอื่น

• Dean Koontz - The Official Website.
• Stu Weaver's Dean Koontz Site - The most complete online listing of the American first editions and pseudonyms
• Dean Koontz - Friend of Liberty เก็บถาวร 2008-09-19 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน article by Bill Winter.
• "Contemplating Evil" เก็บถาวร 2019-03-07 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน, interview in Reason by Nick Gillespie and Lisa Snell.
• Audio interview with National Review Online เก็บถาวร 2008-10-05 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน
• Dean Koontz eBooks เก็บถาวร 2009-08-19 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน
• Dean Koontz audiobooks เก็บถาวร 2008-09-21 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน
• Dean Koontz fan club and forum เก็บถาวร 2021-02-27 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน
• Dean Koontz at the Internet Book List เก็บถาวร 2008-10-20 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน
• Dean Koontz information
• The Dean Koontz Community เก็บถาวร 2019-08-07 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน - Online Koontz fan forum