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Dean R. Koontz

Koontz, Dean Ray

July 9, 1945 (age 80)

Birth place: Everett, Pennsylvania, USA

165 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
August 1967 52 Short Fiction Soft Come the Dragons The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1967
December 1967 161|161.3 Essay Letter (If, December 1967) If, December 1967
December 1967 69 Short Fiction To Behold the Sun The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1967
January 1968 10 Short Fiction A Darkness in My Soul Fantastic, January 1968
July 1968 64 Short Fiction The Psychedelic Children The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1968
August 1968 51 Short Fiction The Twelfth Bed The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1968
September 1968 125 Short Fiction Dreambird If, September 1968
November 1968 49 Essay Letter: Science Fiction Review, November 1968 Science Fiction Review, November 1968
January 1969 119 Short Fiction In the Shield If, January 1969
January 1969 36 Short Fiction Temple of Sorrow Amazing Stories, January 1969
May 1969 85 Short Fiction Killerbot! Galaxy Magazine, May 1969
July 1969 138 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, July 1969) Amazing Stories, July 1969
July 1969 138 Short Fiction Where the Beast Runs If, July 1969
August 1969 104 Short Fiction Dragon in the Land Venture Science Fiction Magazine, August 1969
September 1969 56 Short Fiction Muse The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1969
January 1970 64 Short Fiction A Third Hand The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1970
February 1970 14 Short Fiction The Good Ship Lookoutworld Fantastic, February 1970
May 1970 137 Essay Letter (Amazing Stories, May 1970) Amazing Science Fiction, May 1970
July 1970 87 Short Fiction The Mystery of His Flesh The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1970
August 1970 4 Short Fiction Beastchild Venture Science Fiction Magazine, August 1970
August 1970 38 Review Hell's Gate Science Fiction Review, August 1970
October 1970 46 Essay Letter (Science Fiction Review, October 1970) Science Fiction Review, October 1970
October 1970 6 Short Fiction The Crimson Witch Fantastic, October 1970
November 1970 170 Short Fiction Shambolain If, November-December 1970
December 1970 158 Short Fiction Unseen Warriors Worlds of Tomorrow, Winter 1970
February 1971 65 Review The Dark Symphony The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1971
April 1971 166 Review Anti-Man Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1971
April 1971 111 Short Fiction Bruno The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1971
April 1971 166 Review The Dark Symphony Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1971
September 1971 166 Review Beastchild Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1971
February 1972 71 Short Fiction Cosmic Sin The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1972
January 1973 173 Review A Darkness in My Soul Galaxy Magazine, January-February 1973
March 1973 167 Review The Flesh in the Furnace Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1973
July 1973 Review A Werewolf Among Us Vector 66
March 1975 11 Review Nightmare Journey The Science Fiction Review, March 1975
December 1975 25 Review Nightmare Journey Delap's F & SF Review, December 1975
July 1977 23 Review Demon Seed Delap's F & SF Review, July 1977
November 1977 Review Demon Seed Vector 84
November 1977 Review Time Thieves Vector 84
June 1981 63 Review Whispers Fangoria, June 1981
March 1982 21 Review How to Write Best Selling Fiction Amazing Science Fiction Stories, March 1982
January 1985 56 Review The Vision Fangoria, January 1985
March 1985 27 Review Darkfall Fantasy Review, March 1985
December 1985 19 Interview Footsteps Special: Dean Koontz Footsteps, #6
1986 39 Interview Interview: Dean R. Koontz Night Cry, Fall 1986
1986 43 Short Fiction Snatcher Night Cry, Fall 1986
February 1986 23 Review Twilight Eyes Fantasy Review, February 1986
April 1986 24 Review The Vision Fantasy Review, April 1986
July 1986 35 Interview Dean R. Koontz The Horror Show, Summer 1986
July 1986 5 Short Fiction Down in the Darkness The Horror Show, Summer 1986
July 1986 34 Review Strangers The Horror Show, Summer 1986
July 1986 65 Essay Weird World: Excerpts from the Suppressed Book The Horror Show, Summer 1986
October 1986 51|51.09 Review Strangers Science Fiction Chronicle, #85 October 1986
November 1986 50 Review Twilight Eyes Science Fiction Chronicle, #86 November 1986
December 1986 22 Interview Dean of Suspense: An Interview with Dean R. Koontz Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1986
December 1986 12 Review Strangers Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1986
December 1986 26 Short Fiction The Black Pumpkin Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1986
1987 185 Review Watchers Night Cry, Fall 1987
January 1987 38 Review Strangers Fantasy Review, January-February 1987
March 1987 37 Review Watchers Fantasy Review, March 1987
June 1987 22 Interview Dean R. Koontz The Horror Show, Summer 1987
June 1987 24 Essay Letter (Science Fiction Chronicle #93) Science Fiction Chronicle, #93 June 1987
June 1987 52 Short Fiction Ollie's Hands The Horror Show, Summer 1987
June 1987 5 Short Fiction The Interrogation The Horror Show, Summer 1987
June 1987 9 Review Watchers 2 AM, Fall 1987
September 1987 43 Review Watchers Science Fiction Chronicle, #96 September 1987
December 1987 56 Review Twilight Eyes Fangoria, December 1987
December 1987 44 Review Watchers Deathrealm, Winter 1987
April 1988 10 Review Twilight Eyes Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1988
June 1988 60 Review Watchers Interzone, Summer 1988
July 1988 42 Review Lightning Fear, July-August 1988
July 1988 46 Review Watchers Fear, July-August 1988
August 1988 21 Review Oddkins Locus, #331 August 1988
August 1988 50|50.1 Review Oddkins Science Fiction Chronicle, #107 August 1988
August 1988 Review Watchers Paperback Inferno, #73
October 1988 58 Review Watchers Fangoria, October 1988
February 1989 21 Review Midnight Locus, #337 February 1989
June 1989 25 Review Oddkins Vector 150
September 1989 25 Review The Mask Fear, September 1989
October 1989 20 Review Midnight Vector 152
October 1989 20 Review Night Fears Vector 152
November 1989 65 Review Midnight Interzone, November-December 1989
December 1989 47 Review Midnight Fangoria, December 1989
1990 Review The Bad Place Nova Express, Summer 1990
1990 109 Interview Weird Tales Talks with Dean Koontz Weird Tales, Winter 1990/1991
January 1990 71 Review The Face of Fear Fear, January 1990
February 1990 17 Review The Face of Fear Paperback Inferno, #82
March 1990 81 Review The Bad Place Midnight Graffiti, Spring 1990
March 1990 67 Review The Bad Place Locus, #350 March 1990
April 1990 71 Review The Bad Place Fear, April 1990
June 1990 63|63.5 Review The Bad Place Interzone, June 1990
August 1990 8 Review Midnight Paperback Inferno, #85
September 1990 57 Review The Bad Place Fangoria, September 1990
October 1990 3 Review Chase Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 3 Review Darkness Comes Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 4 Review Night Chills Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 3 Review Night Fears Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 3 Review Strangers Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 18 Review The Bad Place Vector 157
October 1990 4 Review The Vision Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 4 Review Twilight Eyes Paperback Inferno, #86
October 1990 4 Review Whispers Paperback Inferno, #86
January 1991 23 Review Cold Fire Locus, #360 January 1991
January 1991 52 Review Cold Fire Cemetery Dance, Winter 1991
February 1991 9 Review Phantoms Paperback Inferno, #88
February 1991 68 Review Phantoms Interzone, February 1991
February 1991 9 Review Shattered Paperback Inferno, #88
February 1991 9 Review Voice of the Night Paperback Inferno, #88
April 1991 19 Review Cold Fire Vector 160
April 1991 64 Review Cold Fire Interzone, April 1991
April 1991 18 Review Night Chills Vector 160
April 1991 14 Review The Bad Place Paperback Inferno, #89
June 1991 13 Review The Servants of Twilight Paperback Inferno, #90
July 1991 66 Review The Servants of Twilight Fear, July 1991
August 1991 19 Review Strangers Vector 162
August 1991 22 Review The Servants of Twilight Vector 162
August 1991 22 Review The Vision Vector 162
August 1991 18 Review The Voice of the Night Vector 162
August 1991 22 Review Twilight Eyes Vector 162
October 1991 17 Review Chase Vector 163
October 1991 12 Review Shadowfires Paperback Inferno, #92
December 1991 39 Review Cold Fire Science Fiction Review, December 1991
February 1992 22 Review Cold Fire Vector 165
February 1992 22 Review The Door into December Vector 165
March 1992 62 Review Hideaway Locus, #374 March 1992
April 1992 22 Interview A Conversation with Dean R. Koontz Cemetery Dance, Spring 1992
April 1992 62 Review Hideaway Cemetery Dance, Spring 1992
April 1992 22 Review The Key to Midnight Vector 166
June 1992 20 Review Hideaway Vector 167
July 1992 58 Review Hideaway Fangoria, July 1992
July 1992 65|65.2 Review Hideaway Interzone, July 1992
September 1992 58 Review Hideaway 2 AM, Winter 1992
January 1993 63 Review Dragon Tears Cemetery Dance, Winter 1993
May 1993 25 Review Beastchild Locus, #388 May 1993
February 1994 7 Interview Horror Talks with Dean Koontz Horror: The News Magazine of the Horror & Dark Fantasy Field #2, February 1994
June 1994 50 Review The House of Thunder Vector 179
July 1994 7 Review Winter Moon The Dead of Night Newsletter, Summer 1994
November 1994 5 Interview Dean Koontz: A Comedian in Hell Locus, #406 November 1994
1996 Interview Talking with Dean Koontz Horror, Issue #6 (1996)
February 1996 27 Review Intensity Locus, #421 February 1996
May 1996 58 Review Intensity Science Fiction Chronicle, #189 May/June 1996
October 1996 27 Review Ticktock Locus, #429 October 1996
April 1997 22 Interview A Conversation with Dean Koontz Cemetery Dance, Spring 1997
April 1997 25 Review Sole Survivor Locus, #435 April 1997
May 1997 20 Review Ticktock The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1997
October 1997 44 Review Ticktock Science Fiction Chronicle, #193 October 1997
February 1998 22 Review Fear Nothing Locus, #445 February 1998
February 1998 Review Fear Nothing SF Site, February 1998
March 1998 59 Review Fear Nothing Interzone, March 1998
July 1998 41 Review Fear Nothing The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1998
April 2000 27 Review False Memory Locus, #471 April 2000
August 2000 24 Interview Fear Nothing: Interview with Dean Koontz The Zone, Summer 2000
March 2001 31 Review From the Corner of His Eye Locus, #482 March 2001
July 2001 44 Review From the Corner of His Eye The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2001
March 2002 29 Review The Book of Counted Sorrows The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2002
March 2002 29 Review The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2002
April 2002 47|47.20 Review One Door Away from Heaven Science Fiction Chronicle, #223 April 2002
December 2004 78 Review The Taking The Horror Express, Winter 2004
May 2006 41 Review Forever Odd The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2006
April 2008 Interview Fear Nothing: Interview with Dean Koontz Strange Horizons, 28 April 2008
January 2010 28 Review A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2010
January 2010 28 Review Relentless The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2010
April 2013 89 Essay David B. Silva Tributes Dark Discoveries #23 , Spring 2013
February 2014 |9 Interview Interview: Dean Koontz Nightmare Magazine, February 2014
August 2023 48 Interview Researching Became Part of What Koontz Likes Most About Writing The Hartford Courant, August 6, 2023

77 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1968 Omnibus Doom of the Green Planet / Star Quest Emil Petaja & Dean R. Koontz
1969 Omnibus Fear That Man / Toyman Dean R. Koontz & E. C. Tubb
1969 Omnibus The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Venturers Dean R. Koontz & Kenneth Bulmer
1970 Novel Anti-Man Dean R. Koontz
1970 Novel Beastchild Dean R. Koontz
1970 Omnibus Dark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons Dean R. Koontz
1970 Novel Hell's Gate Dean R. Koontz
1970 Novel The Dark Symphony Dean R. Koontz
1971 Novel The Crimson Witch Dean R. Koontz
1972 Novel A Darkness in My Soul Dean R. Koontz
1972 Omnibus Against Arcturus / Time Thieves Susan K. Putney & Dean R. Koontz
1972 Novel Starblood Dean R. Koontz
1972 Novel The Flesh in the Furnace Dean R. Koontz
1972 Novel Warlock Dean R. Koontz
1972 Nonfiction Writing Popular Fiction Dean R. Koontz
1973 Novel A Werewolf Among Us Dean R. Koontz
1973 Novel Hanging On Dean R. Koontz
1973 Novel The Haunted Earth Dean R. Koontz
1974 Novel After the Last Race Dean R. Koontz
1975 Novel Nightmare Journey Dean R. Koontz
1976 Novel Night Chills Dean R. Koontz
1977 Novel Demon Seed Dean R. Koontz
1977 Novel The Vision Dean R. Koontz
1977 Novel Time Thieves Dean R. Koontz
1980 Novel Whispers Dean R. Koontz
1981 Nonfiction How to Write Best-Selling Fiction Dean R. Koontz
1983 Novel Phantoms Dean R. Koontz
1984 Novel Darkfall Dean R. Koontz
1984 Novel Darkness Comes Dean R. Koontz
1985 Novel Shattered Dean R. Koontz
1985 Novel The Face of Fear Dean R. Koontz
1985 Novel Twilight Eyes Dean R. Koontz
1986 Novel Strangers Dean R. Koontz
1987 Novel Watchers Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel Lightning Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel Oddkins Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel The House of Thunder Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel The Mask Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel The Servants of Twilight Dean R. Koontz
1988 Novel The Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz
1989 Omnibus Dean R. Koontz: Phantoms / Whispers / Strangers (Boxed Set) Dean R. Koontz
1989 Novel Midnight Dean R. Koontz
1989 Novel The Eyes of Darkness Dean R. Koontz
1990 Novel Chase Dean R. Koontz
1990 Omnibus Dean R. Koontz 1: Midnight, Lightning, Darkfall Dean R. Koontz
1990 Omnibus Dean R. Koontz: Night Chills / The Vision / Shattered Dean R. Koontz
1990 Novel Shadowfires Dean R. Koontz
1990 Novel The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz
1990 Novel The Key to Midnight Dean R. Koontz
1991 Novel Cold Fire Dean R. Koontz
1991 Novel The Door to December Dean R. Koontz
1991 Omnibus Three Complete Novels: The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms Dean R. Koontz
1992 Novel Hideaway Dean R. Koontz
1992 Omnibus Shattered/Whispers/Watchers Dean R. Koontz
1992 Novel The Funhouse Dean R. Koontz
1993 Novel Dragon Tears Dean R. Koontz
1993 Chapbook Trapped Dean R. Koontz & Ed Gorman
1994 Novel Dark Rivers of the Heart Dean R. Koontz
1994 Omnibus Koontz: Voice of the Night / Cold Fire / Darkfall Dean R. Koontz
1995 Novel Icebound Dean R. Koontz
1997 Novel Sole Survivor Dean R. Koontz
1998 Novel Fear Nothing Dean R. Koontz
1998 Novel Seize the Night Dean R. Koontz
2008 Novel Brother Odd Dean R. Koontz
2008 Novel Life Expectancy Dean R. Koontz
2008 Novel Odd Thomas Dean R. Koontz
2008 Novel The Husband Dean R. Koontz
2008 Novel The Taking Dean R. Koontz
2008 Novel Winter Moon Dean R. Koontz
2010 Novel Mr. Murder Dean R. Koontz
2011 Novel The Good Guy Dean R. Koontz
2011 Novel Velocity Dean R. Koontz
2015 Novel Saint Odd Dean R. Koontz
2015 Novel The City Dean R. Koontz
8888 Novel Ride the Storm Dean R. Koontz
8888 Novel Storm Front Dean R. Koontz

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1971 Hugo Award Best Novella Beastchild Finalist
1971 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Beastchild Nominee
1971 Locus Poll Award Best Short Fiction Beastchild Finalist
1987 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Strangers Nominee
1989 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Midnight Nominee
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages Nominee
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Horror Novel Midnight Finalist
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel The Bad Place Nominee
1992 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Hideaway Nominee
1995 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman étranger La cache du diable Nominee
1995 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Dark Rivers of the Heart Nominee
1996 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Intensity Nominee
1996 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Strange Highways Nominee
2004 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Work for Young Readers Robot Santa Nominee
2011 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror What the Night Knows Runner-up
2012 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror Odd Apocalypse Runner-up
2013 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror Deeply Odd Finalist
2014 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror The City Finalist
2015 Goodreads Choice Awards Horror Saint Odd Winner
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