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{{Short description|American writer and screenwriter (born 1945)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Dean Koontz
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* Owen West
* Richard Paige
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| birth_name = Dean Ray Koontz
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|7|9}}
| birth_place = [[Everett, Pennsylvania|Everett]],
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* Novelist
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* screenwriter
* poet
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* [[Thriller (genre)|Suspense]]
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* [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]]
* [[Fantasy literature|fantasy]]
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| notableworks= {{Flatlist}}
* ''[[Odd Thomas (novel)|Odd Thomas]]''
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'''Dean Ray Koontz''' (born July 9, 1945) is an American [[author]]. His novels are billed as [[
== Early life ==
Koontz was born on July 9, 1945, in [[Everett, Pennsylvania]], the son of Florence (née Logue) and Raymond Koontz.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=http://
<blockquote>"... realized that most of these programs are not meant to help anyone, merely to control people and make them dependent. I was forced to reconsider everything I'd once believed. I developed a profound distrust of government regardless of the philosophy of the people in power. I remained a liberal on civil-rights issues, became a conservative on defense, and a semi-libertarian on all other matters."<ref name=Advocates /></blockquote>
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== Screenplays ==
* 1979 – ''[[CHiPs]]'' episode 306: "Counterfeit" (as Brian Coffey)
* 1990
* 1998 – "Phantoms"
* 2005 – "Dean Koontz's Frankenstein"
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* ''Whispers'' (1990) – Cinepix – starring [[Victoria Tennant]], [[Chris Sarandon]], and Jean LeClere
* ''[[Watchers II]]'' (1990) – Concorde Pictures – starring [[Marc Singer]] and [[Tracy Scoggins]]
* ''[[The Face of Fear (film)|The Face of Fear]]'' (1990) – [[CBS]] – starring [[Pam Dawber]] and [[Lee Horsley]], also includes [[Kevin Conroy]] and [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]
* ''Servants of Twilight'' (1991) – Trimark – starring [[Bruce Greenwood]]
* ''[[Watchers 3]]'' (1994) – Concorde Pictures – starring [[Wings Hauser]]
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{{wikiquote}}
* [http://deankoontz.com/ Dean Koontz – The Official Website]
* {{
* {{IBList|type=author|id=408|name=Dean Koontz}}
* [http://efanzines.com/Energumen/Energumen08.pdf Dean Koontz article including information on his erotic books]
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