Dean Koontz

Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writer
by Joan G. Kotker, English Faculty, Bellevue Community College
Published by Greenwood Publishing

Bibliography

Note: Page numbers referred to in the text are to the paperback editions of Dean Koontz's novels.

WORKS BY DEAN KOONTZ

After the Last Race. New York: Atheneum, 1974.
Anti-Man. New York: Paperback Library, 1970.
The Bad Place. New York: Putnam, 1990.
Beastchild. New York: Lancer, 1970.
Cold Fire. New York: Putnam, 1991.
The Crimson Witch. New York: Curtis, 1971.
Dark of the Woods. New York: Ace, 1970.
The Dark Symphony. New York: Lancer, 1970. Dark Rivers of the Heart. New York: Knopf, 1994.
Darkfall. New York: Berkeley, 1984.
A Darkness in My Soul. New York: DAW, 1972.
Demon Seed. New York: Bantam, 1973.
Dragon Tears. New York: Putnam, 1993.
The Fall of the Dream Machine. New York: Ace, 1969.
Fear That Man. New York: Ace, 1969.
The Flesh in the Furnace. New York: Bantam, 1972.
Hanging On. New York: M. Evans, 1973.
The Haunted Earth. New York: Lancer, 1973.
Hell's Gate. New York: Lancer, 1970.
Hideaway. New York: Putnam, 1992.
Intensity. New York: Knopf, 1995.
Lightning. New York: Putnam, 1988.
Midnight. New York: Putnam, 1989.
Mr. Murder. New York: Putnam, 1993.
Night Chills. New York: Atheneum, 1976.
Nightmare Journey. New York: Putnam, 1975.
Oddkins. New York: Warner Books, 1988.
Phantoms. New York: Putnam, 1983.
Soft Come the Dragons. New York: Ace, 1970.
Star Quest. New York: Ace, 1968.
Starblood. New York: Lancer, 1972.
Strangers. New York: Putnam, 1986.
Time Thieves. New York: Ace Books, 1972.
Twilight Eyes. Plymouth, Michigan: Land of Enchantment, 1985.
The Vision. New York: Putnam, 1977.
Warlock. New York: Lancer, 1972.
Watchers. New York: Putnam, 1987.
A Werewolf Among Us. New York: Ballantine, 1973.
Whispers. New York: Putnam, 1980.
Winter Moon. New York: Ballantine, 1994.

Writing as David Axton

Prison of Ice. New York: Lippincott, 1976.

Writing as Brian Coffey

Blood Risk. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.
The Face of Fear. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977.
Surrounded. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974.
The Voice of the Night. New York: Doubleday, 1981.
The Wall of Masks. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975.

Writing as Deanna Dwyer

Children of the Storm. New York: Lancer, 1972.
Dance with the Devil. New York: Lancer, 1973.
The Dark of Summer. New York: Lancer, 1972.
The Demon Child. New York: Lancer, 1971.
Legacy of Terror. New York: Lancer, 1971.

Writing as K. R. Dwyer

Chase. New York: Random House, 1972.
Dragonfly. New York: Random House, 1975.
Shattered. New York: Random House, 1973.

Writing as John Hill

The Long Sleep. New York: Popular Library, 1975.
Writing as Leigh Nichols
The Eyes of Darkness. New York: Pocket Books, 1981.
The House of Thunder. New York: Pocket Books, 1982.
The Key to Midnight. New York: Pocket Books, 1979.
Shadowfires. New York: Avon, 1987.
Twilight. New York: Pocket Books, 1984.

Writing as Anthony North

Strike Deep. New York: Dial, 1974.

Writing as Richard Paige

The Door to December. New York: New American Library, 1985.

Writing as Owen West

The Funhouse. New York: Jove, 1980.
The Mask. New York: Jove, 1981.

Writing as Aaron Wolfe

Invasion. Ontario: Laser Books, 1975.

NONFICTION WRITING AS DEAN KOONTZ

How to Write Best Selling Fiction. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest, 1981.
Writing Popular Fiction. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest, 1972.
--- and Gerda Koontz. The Pig Society. Los Angeles: Aware Press, 1970.
--- and Gerda Koontz. The Underground Lifestyles Handbook. Los Angeles: Aware Press, 1970.

WORKS ABOUT DEAN KOONTZ

"Dean Ray Koontz." Contemporary Authors on CD. Gale Research, 1995.
Feeney, F. X., and Gleick, Elizabeth. "Family Secrets." People 28 (Nov. 1994): 141-42.
Greenberg, Martin H., Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster. The Dean Koontz Companion. New York: Berkeley, 1994.
Nathan, Paul. "Rights." Publishers Weekly, 13 March 1995: 18.
Springen, Karen. "The Cheery Titan of Terror." Newsweek, 11 Feb. 1991: 62.
Wiater, Stanley. "Dean R. Koontz in the Fictional Melting Pot." Writer's Digest, November 1989: 34-38.

INTERVIEW WITH DEAN KOONTZ

Dean Koontz. "Interview with Dean Koontz," interview by Ed Gorman. In The Dean Koontz Companion, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster. New York: Berkeley, 1994: 1-56.

REVIEWS AND CRITICISM

Dark Rivers of the Heart
Rosen, Jay E. Review of Dark Rivers of the Heart. New York Times Book Review, 13 November 1994: 58.

Intensity
Blauner, Peter. "Chaining Chyna to a Chair." Review of Intensity. Newsday, 1 January 1996: 38.
Harrison, Colin. "Murderer's Row." Review of Intensity. New York Times Book Review, 25 February 1996: 9.

Mr. Murder
Stade, George. "Monsters Have Needs, Too." Review of Mr. Murder. New York Times Book Review, 31 October 1993: 18.

OTHER SECONDARY SOURCES

Abrams, M. H. A Glossary of Literary Terms, 3rd ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1971.
Aldiss, Brian W., with David Wingrove. Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction. New York: Atheneum, 1986.
Cawelti, John G. Adventure, Mystery and Romance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.
Cuddon, J. A. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, 3rd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1991.
Dipple, Elizabeth. Plot. London: Methuen, 1979.
Holman, C. Hugh, and William Harmon. A Handbook to Literature, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Lynn, Steven. Texts and Contexts. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Ostrom, Hans. Lives and Moments: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Fort Worth: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1991.
Rosenberg, Betty, and Diana Tixier Herald. Genreflecting. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1991.
Ryan, William. "The Genesis of the Techno-Thriller." Virginia Quarterly Review 69, no. 1 (1993): 24-40.
Seidman, Michael. "The Suspense/Thriller." Writer's Digest, April 1992: 34-35. Robert Ludlum

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