Dean Koontz

Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania) is a prolific and best-selling fiction author known primarily for his popular suspense novels.

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Dean Koontz grew up in desperate poverty under the tyranny of a violent alcoholic father (Koontz's father served time in prison for trying to murder him). Despite his traumatic childhood, Koontz put himself through Shippensburg University (then known as Shippensburg State College), and in 1967 went to work as an English teacher at Mechanicsburg High School. In his spare time he wrote his first novel, Star Quest, which was published in 1968. From there he went on to write over a dozen more science fiction novels.

July 9: July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining....

1945: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

Everett, Pennsylvania: Everett is a borough located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 1,905....

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