Dean has written many books under pseudonyms, or
"pen-names" over the years. When asked in interviews
why he has written under these names, he explained that he
had the desire to write in multiple genres, but publishers
felt that writing in more than one genre would confuse book
buyers, so for marketing purposes they pushed him into multiple
names.
Sometimes Dean writes briefly in the end of a reprinted edition
about what happened to the original author name for that book.
These are amusing tales, so next time you pick up an older
Koontz Book, check it out, it may have originally been published
in the 70's under one of these names:
| Pen Name |
Books |
|
David Axton
|
- Prison of Ice (revised and reprinted as Icebound
in 1995)
|
|
Brian Coffey
|
- Blood Risk
- The Face of Fear (revised and
reprinted under Dean Koontz)
- Surrounded
- Voice of the Night (revised and
reprinted under Dean Koontz)
- Wall of Masks
|
|
Deanna Dwyer
|
- Children of the Storm
- Dance with the Devil
- Dark of Summer
- Demon Child
- Legacy of Terror
|
|
K.R. Dwyer
|
- Chase (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz in
Strange Highways Book)
- Dragonfly
- Shattered (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
|
|
John Hill
|
|
|
Leigh Nichols
|
- The Eyes of Darkness (revised and reprinted under
Dean Koontz)
- The House of Thunder (revised and reprinted under
Dean Koontz)
- The Key to Midnight (revised and reprinted under
Dean Koontz)
- Shadowfires (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
- Twilight (revised and reprinted as The Servants
of Twilight under Dean Koontz)
|
|
Anthony North
|
|
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Richard Paige
|
- The Door to December (revised and reprinted under
Dean Koontz)
|
|
Owen West
|
- The Funhouse (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
- The Mask (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
|
| Aaron Wolfe |
- Invasion (revised and reprinted as Winter Moon under
Dean Koontz)
|
You may have heard of a "secret" pen name that was
recently discovered. It was previously listed on this site.
However, a Another fan of Koontz web site owner has expressed
to me their feeling that because Dean has said in the past
that he does not want this pen name known, I should not be
leaving it here for public viewing. I agree, and so I have
removed it from this list, out of respect to Dean.
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Dean
Koontz Pen Names