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Dean Ray Koontz is an American author. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Several of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with many of them reaching the number one position. Koontz wrote under a number of pen names earlier in his career, including "David Axton", "Leigh Nichols" and "Brian Coffey".
When he was a senior in college, Dean Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are published in 38 languages and he has sold over 450 million copies to date.
Dean Koontz lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Anna, and the enduring spirit of their golden, Trixie.
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An Interview with Dean Koontz about The Book of Counted Sorrows
First published at BN.com and reproduced with the permission of Barnes
& Noble.
You left two poems out of your reproduction of The Book of
Counted Sorrows as a kind gesture to the reader so that we don't turn to
butter or explode. How did you decide which poems to leave out?
As you know, all men and some women who read every poem in
this book meet sudden, strange, explosive ends shortly after completing the
tome. A few courageous, treasured, highly esteemed employees here at the Koontz
manor--whose exquisite good taste I trusted and admired, whose taste in fact I
would like to see adopted by our entire society through the use of armed force
if necessary--read all the poems. Then, quickly, before either of their heads
exploded or they convulsively spun themselves into butter, each shouted out the
titles of two poems he thought should be excised to protect the public. I made
my decision based on these people's heroic efforts. Their sacrifices will never
be forgotten: We have erected lavish monuments to them here on the vast Koontz
estate, so lavish as to require building permits from NASA, which was afraid
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