Non-Fiction
etc.

This section is to list all the other things written, or with a forward, etc. by Dean Koontz.  As this effort is a continual process, I'm sure it'll never be completely done.  I have several new items to add as time will permit.

 

  There were four books released in the early 70's with Dean and Gerda Koontz listed as the authors.  Gerda claims she had nothing to do with them, but that the publisher added her name. Bounce Girl
1970  Cameo press paperback.  Super rare.
Aphrodisiac Girl
1973 Same as above with a different name and publisher.  Oval Press paperback. Super rare.
 

The Pig Society
1970  Aware Press paperback.  Super rare.  DK has stated that he does not count this, or the book which follows amongst his published works, because the publisher changed so much of the original manuscript.
 

The Underground Lifestyles Handbook
"The first true account...
Making love commune-style, body painting, making sex films, getting busted for pot, the love life of a groupie, Woodstock, Hair and more!"
1970  Aware Press paperback.  #OAW-9503.  Illustrations by Doug Lovenstein.  Super rare.  The publisher made it sound as though the Koontz couple did it all!
 
 

    There is also a gothic romance novel, similar to the Deanna Dwyer books, written by Gerda Ann Cerra.  DK's wife's maiden name.
    Several years ago, I came across this title, while searching a thrift store for Dwyer books.  I noticed the character's name was Leigh, and that the book was dedicated to Dean.  I snapped it up, thinking I had discovered a new pseudonym.  Upon research, I discovered that virtually everyone knew about it, and that it was written by Gerda.
    I didn't get my ten minutes of fame after all.

A Darker Heritage

"On the sheet of red velvet lay a human heart.  It was all brown and withered, but still recognizable, with the veins and arteries trailing from it like colored strings.  As I watched, it moved, It beat..."   1972  Lancer paperback.  Number 75294-095, $0.95.  Most Koontz collectors would agree that Dean, in the very least, played an advisory role in this book.  She received an advance payment to release another title, but Lancer went under before its release.

  1972  Magnum paperback.  Number 75294, $1.50.  As with the Deanna Dwyer books, the Magnum releases were basically the exact same thing, only with the Magnum label used, and in this case a higher list price.
 
 

Non-Fiction

What Do Editors Mean When They Say..."Sorry, But The Motivation Is Missing?"
"The author is a 23 year old high school English teacher who sold his first story in 1967.  Since then, he's sold nine other stories, half a dozen novelettes and three novels(all to Ace).  His hope: full-time freelancing."
Writer's Digest, March 1969.  Vol. 49, No. 3, 50 cents.  To the best of my knowledge, his first published article in a major publication.  Koontz gives a list of seven things that would motivate charactors, in a story, to do what they do.  Along with warnings about there use.  Love, Curiosity, self-preservation, greed, self-discovery, duty and revenge.
Much of this info went on to become a chapter of "Writing Popular Fiction".

Men On The Moon
"It may be fashionable, even considered intellectual, to project our somewhat psychotic past onto our future."
DK
  1969 anthology includes the essay "That Moon Plaque".  Edited by Donald A. Wollheim (DAW books sound familiar?).  SBN 441-52470-060, 60 cents.  Originally released in 1958, this later edition comes with a new introduction, as well as the original.  Cover art by Gray Morrow.  Includes stories by Raymond Z. Gallun, A. Bertram Chandler, Frank M. Robinson, H. B. Fyfe and Murray Leinster.  Many authors contributed to "Moon Plaque".

Writing Popular Fiction
1972 Writer's Digest hardback.

How To Write Best Selling Fiction
1981 Writer's Digest.  "Writing Popular Fiction" re-written to end its publication.

How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction
1987  Writers Digest Books hb.  Two Chapters by DK.
Trade paperback.

Handbook of Novel Writing
1992 Writers Digest hardback containing a chapter by DK.
1998 WD trade paperback.

Writer's Yearbook 1985
Article by Koontz  "Situation Critical".

Afraid
Newsletter.  June 1990.  Guest editorial.

TV Guide
1993 Oct. 23-29.  "Why We Love Horror".

Koontz on Koontz
  Short autobiography novelette.

Fantasy Convention Program
  1990 "Susan Allison and the Mysteries of the Universe" by DK

Advice To Collectors From Dean Koontz
  December 1997 Locus magazine.  One page essay by Koontz.
 
 

Rare Fanzines

Aspidistra Too
  Issue 9, 1971.  Edited by Susan Glickman.  Letter from DK on page 12, in which he mentions how inept he is in the kitchen.

BeABohema
  Issue 4  June, 1969.  DK column "Waystation".
  Issue 5 August, 1969.
  Issue 6  October, 1969.  "Waystation".

Fantasy Review
  Issue 103, 1987.  Four page DK article by Charles De Lint.  Well, I finally got the issue number right!

Outworlds
  Issue 21/22 Double Issue 1974.  Edited by Bill Bowers.  Letter from Koontz regarding his ongoing feud with Piers Anthony.  Letters from Anthony directly related to DK.  Wow, no love lost.
  Issue 24 1975.  Edited by Bill Bowers.  Letter from Roberto Fuentes regarding the DK and PA feud.  Fuentes, who had co-authored with Anthony, defends himself and Anthony.  He goes so far as to call Koontz a "liar & bigot".
  Issue 26, 4th Quarter 1975.  More of the legendary battle of words between Koontz and Anthony.

Sandworm
  Issue 8, Summer 1969.  DK column "Mindswap".

ID Quarterly
  Issue 4, Spring 1969.  Published by James Reuss.  Article by Koontz entitled "Stuff", which covers topics such as Vaughn Bode artwork and Yippies in Chicago.

The Double:Bill Symposium
  1969.  Co-editors Bill Bowers and Bill Malardi posed 11 questions of 94 prominent sci-fi authors.  Dean was one of the respondents; as well as a veritable list of who's who in science fiction.  Issue was limited to 500 copies.

Phantasmicom
  #5.  Year unknown.  Maryland fanzine.  Letters from Koontz.
 

Interviews +

Castle Rock
  Stephen King newsletter.  December 1986.  Koontz interview.

The Horror Show
  Summer 1987  Leigh Nichols interviews Dean Koontz.  You gotta love it!

Footsteps Magazine
Volume 6, December 1985.  Long interview while still writing as Leigh Nichols.  Thanks to Bryan McKinney for the scan!!
Volume 7, November 1986.  King Vs. Koontz by Michael R. Collins.

Dark Dreamers
1990 Underwood-Miller hardback.  Interviews with numerous masters of menace.
  Trade paperback.

20th Century Crime & Mystery Writers
1991 St. James hb 3rd edition, June 1991.  Need more info.

Weird Tales
  Winter 1990/1991 issue 299. Interview dealing with publishers etc.
  Special limited hardback edition.  200 copies.

The Dean Koontz Companion
  1994 Berkley trade paperback.  Koontz interview and much, much more.
  UK harback.

Dean Koontz  A Critical Companion
1996 Greenwood Press hardback.  Need more info.

Reason Magazine
  November 1996.  Koontz interview "Contemplating Evil".
  February 1997.  Letters regarding Koontz interview "Contemplating Koontz".

Horror News
  1994  March 31, Issue #6.  Need more info.

Speaking of Murder  Volume 2
1999 Berkley Trade paperback.  Interviews with numerous authors.

Cemetery Dance Magazine
  Spring 1992 issue 12.
  Spring 1997.

Mystery Scene Magazine
  #12.  Review "Twilight Eyes".
  #15.  Review "Servants of Twilight".
  #18.  October 1988.  Koontz essay.  Night Visions 6 intro?
  #20.  March/April 1989.  Dean Koontz cover.  Need more info.
  #33.  February 1992.  Review of "Hideaway".
  #45  1994 Jan/Feb issue.  Interview and cover.
  #56  1997.  Reviews of four Koontz titles: Sole Survivor, Beautiful Death, Tick Tock and Santa's Twin.

Gallery Men's Magazine
October 1999.  Dean Koontz Q&A.  Gallery posed numerous questions to DK in letter format.  He responded in same.

Pages Magazine
  2003  Jan/Feb issue.

Science Fiction Review
  #29.  Year Unknown.  Five book reviews by DK.
  #31.  Year unknown.  I think this is the June 1969 issue, that contains "Diligently Corrupting Young Minds".  Need more info.
  #43 March, 1971, 68 pages.  Letter from Koontz.
  #45.  1971??.  Important Note:  I am not 100% sure on this one.

  March 2000.  Koontz cover.  Need more info.

Giants Of The Genre
  Trade size paperback.  July, 2003 Wildside Press.  ISBN 1-592-24100-X, $15.95, 176 pages.  Michael McCarty interviews many masters of menace, including Koontz.
 

Intoductons & Afterwards

The Nightrunners
  1987 TOR paperback.  Intro known as "The Tater Baron".  When I get a scan of the Dark Harvest original hardback, I will replace this.

Two Views of a Cave Painting
  1987 Axollotl Press trade paperback.  Intro entitled "The Coming Blaylockian Age".  An interesting note on this particular book is that it has two separate authors "Back to Back" similar to the old Ace Doubles.

Night Visions 6
  1988 Intro in the Dark Harvest hardback.
The Bone Yard
  1994 Re-issue of Night Visions 6 in paperback. "The Bone Yard".

Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Horror
  1989 St. Martins hardback.  Afterword.
  Paperback edition.

The Stress of Her Regard
  1989 Charnel House limited edition.  Intro entitled "The Man Who Knows All About Hippodurkees".

Prisoners and Other Stories
  1992 Cemetery Dance hardback.  "Oh, To Be in Cedar Rapids when the Hog Blood Flows".

Where There's A Will
  1992 Bantam. "Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe".

Blood Test
  1993 Dark Harvest.  "Mr. Bizarro".
 

Ambush at Ruby Ridge
  1995 Dickens Press hardback.  Freedom of Speech discussion by DK in intro.
  1996 Berkley paperback.

Tales of the Impossible
1995  David Copperfield in HarperPrism hardback.  "Illusion, Truth, and the Whole Damn Thing".

Beautiful Death
  1996 Peguin Studio hardback.  DK text in photo book.

Hell House
25th Anniversary Edition
  1996 Guantlet Publications limited edition.  600 copies?

Moonchasers
  1996 TOR/Forge hardback.

Screamplays
  1997 Ballantine Del Rey trade paperback.  "Great Art and Muppet Hatred".

Fiends
  1997 Headline UK hardback.  "The Fox in the Chicken Suit".

In the Dark
  2001 DK introduction.

Island
  DK introduction.

Amara
  2003 Headline hardback.  DK intro.

The Old Curiosity Shop
1999 ASAP hardback.  Limited edition Blaylock book.  This book was a limited-edition of 150 copies, and 26 lettered.

"They're Here..."
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute
  1999 Berkley Boulevard trade paperback.  "These Immigrants Don't Need no Stinkin' Green Cards!".

Great Escapes
  2003 hardback with Koontz introduction.  Not only does this book contain a foreword by Koontz, it has numerous photos of of his personal entertainment room - which has many movie posters done by Phil parks.

Love Heels
  Hardback.  DK foreword.

The Science of Superheroes
  2003 John Wiley and Sons hardback.  DK intro.

Through Shattered Glass
  2001 hardback.  Intro.
 
 

Misc.

Analog Magazine
While no Koontz story appeared in this magazine, they reviewed several of his books.  Which I'll post as I discover them.
  April 1971.  Review of "The Dark Symphony" and "Anti-Man".
  September 1971.  Review of "Beastchild."
  March 1973.  Review of "Flesh in the Furnace".
  April 1973.  Review of "Again, Dangerous Visions".  With small section covering "Mouse in the Walls...".
  June 1976.  Review of "Invasion".  Written as Aaron Wolfe

Firsts Magazine
  October 1993.  Collecting Dean Koontz.

Fangoria
  Issue 45  June, 1985.  Horror in Print: Profile/Interview just before the release of Twilight Eyes.  Tidbit: Koontz mentions the book Thunderhill(Strangers).
  Issue 79.  On the set of "Watchers".
  Issue 105  1991.  "Servents of Twilight" movie.
  Issue 135.  "Nightmare Library", featuring "Dean Koontz Companion" and "Personal Darkness"(Tanith Lee).
  Issue 141.  "Hideaway" movie.
  Issue 161  April, 1997.  Interview with DK.
  Issue 166  September, 1997.  "Intensity" mini-series.
  Issue 168 November, 1997.  "Phantoms" movie.
  Issue 182 May, 1999.  Dean Koontz interview "Why My Movies Stink".
  Issue 191.  "False Memory" review.
  Issue 194  March, 1998. "Sole Survivor" mini-series.  Supposedly one of the rarest issues due to low production.

Fear UK Fanzine
Sept/Oct 1988.  DK interview.
February 26, 1991.  "Cold Fired".

Rapport Magazine
  June/July 1993.  DK article.  Need more info.

Sudden Fear
  1988 Starmont House Inc. trade paperback.  ISBN 1-557-42024-6.  182 pages.  Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism #24.  Edited by Bill Munster(also published Footsteps).

Pauline Dunn Books
Pulled from market due to plagiarism lawsuit won by DK, showing where plot points and sometimes entire passages were taken from the classic "Phantoms".
The Crawling Dark paperback.  I understand that the person who discovered the plagiarism receives a signed hardback from DK with each new release.  This book in particular was the basis of the lawsuit.  But, Demonic had such a resemblance to Phantoms also, that it was pulled from the market at the same time.
Demonic Color paperback.

Science Fiction Chronicle
  July 1992.  Plagiarism lawsuit.

Entertainment Weekly
  1996 March 22.  Biography "His Truth is Stranger Than Fiction".  A nice biography with a cool picture of DK, and one of the few of Gerda.
  2001 Jan. 5, story about DK.

Orange County Register
  There have been numerous articles about Koontz through the years.
Of note:
2/22/87 "...Scared Up Another Best-Seller"
10/23/88 "Basking in Anomymity, Dean Koontz Might Be the Least-Known Best-Selling Author"
7/2/88 "Remodeling Was Novel Task..."
3/6/96 Koontz wants his name removed from "Hideaway" movie
1/28/96 "Dean of Suspense..."
1/20/98 "The OC Author Likes A Movie Based On One Of His Books_For A Change"

These and many other stories and reviews can be found at their website archives, and best of all purchased!(for all us die-hards) HERE
 

Rolling Stone Magazine
  1998 June 25.  Biography "His Dark Places".

People Magazine
  1987 April 13.  Biography/interview.
  1998  February 2.  "Fear Nothing" review, with picture of DK.

Love of Goldens
   1998 Voyageur Press hb.  Excerpt from Watchers entitled "A Mind of It's Own".  Later published by Barnes & Noble Books.
  UK hardback.

Newsweek
  1991  February 11 issue.  DK profile.  "The Cheery Titan of Terror".  After the release of Cold Fire.

Books Are Everything #18
Volume 4, Number 2  1991 "Dean Koontz Rarities" by John Cosgriff.  Wow, I finally got the title right!!

Fantasy Convention Program
1986 program.  Although there is no DK contribution, it makes a great companion to "Monitors of Providence"
 
 

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