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  Dragon Tears, Intensity, and Sole Survivor), and eleven of his books have

  risen to number one in paperback.

  The New York Times has called his writing "psychologically complex, masterly

  and satisfying." The New Orleans Times-Picayune said Koontz is, "at times

  lyrical without ever being naive or romantic. [He creates] a grotesque world,

  much like that of Flannery O'Conner or Walker Percy ... scary, worthwhile

  reading." Of Cold Fire, a worldwide #1 bestseller, the United Press International

  said, "an extraordinary piece of fiction. It will be a classic."

  Dean Koontz was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Shippensburg

  State College (now Shippensburg University), and his first job after graduation

  was in the Appalachian Poverty Program, where he was expected to counsel and

  tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. His first day at work,

  he discovered that the previous occupant of his position had been beaten up

  by the very kids he'd been trying to help and had landed in the hospital for

  several weeks. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension,

  and Koontz was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer.

  He wrote nights and weekends, which he continued to do after leaving the

  poverty program and going to work as an English teacher in a suburban school

  district outside of Harrisburg. After he had been a year and a half in that

  position, his wife, Gerda, made him an offer he couldn't refuse: I'll support

  you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that

  time, you'll never make it." By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit

  her job to run the business end of her husband's writing career.

  Dean and Gerda live in Newport Beach, California.

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