Dean Koontz - Author of the Month

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Dean Koontz has written more than 50 novels and is touted as one of the greatest suspense authors of our time.  In spite of the chilling nature of many of his stories, Koontz has a great sense of humor that adds an element of fun to his otherwise frightening tales.

According to his website, Koontz won a fiction writing competition while in college and has pursued a career as an author ever since.  After working several jobs, his wife volunteered to support him for five years while he focused solely on writing.  By the end of that time, she had quit her job to work as his business manager.  Koontz has had 13 books reach #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list.

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Koontz does not have a Facebook or Twitter account (though he does have his own app for iPhone and iPod touch).  The best way to get to know about him is to check out his website and read the "Author Q&A" page.  He approaches these questions from fans with his signature humor, and you get a pretty good insight into who he is and why he writes.  Here's an excerpt:

Are you right or left-handed. I've heard that people who are left-handed (as I am) think differently from those that are right-handed.

Julia, I am right-handed, which would be all right except that I am one of those rare right-handed people who suffers from solodexterous ignoratio, a condition in which the right hand never knows what the left hand is doing. My right hand can be penning a love letter while my left hand is strangling an innocent passerby.My right hand can be sincerely waving bye-bye, while my left hand is making the most viciously obscene gestures, and my right hand remains blissfully clueless of what is transpiring only five fingers away. While engaged in a friendly shake with a new acquaintance, my right hand proceeds utterly unaware that my left hand is trying to gouge out this person’s eyes, thus the right hand is surprised and its feelings are hurt when the new acquaintance, for no reason apparent to the right hand, tries to crush its bones. Conversely, my left hand always knows what my right is doing, but that is another story.

We have several Koontz novels on display this month in fiction section.  Check one out today!