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What is Dean's mother and father's name?

Florence & Ray.

What is Dean's wife's full maiden name?

Gerda Cerra. He has dedicated many of his books to her and some of them are even co-written by her.

Who was Dean's father figure when he was a child?

Uncle Ray. He spent most of his time with Uncle Ray.

Dean used to write pornography strictly for the money.

t. He sent some of his stuff to Playboy once, but then decided that kind of writing wasn't his cup of tea.

Dean's mother eventually died due to what?

Stroke. She had many earlier strokes that caused the slow loss of her mental stability.

Why was Dean reluctant to have children?

Because he was afraid of passing his father's traits to them. He didn't want to be the poor father figure to his own kids as his father was to him.

Where did Dean grow up?

Bedford, Pennsylvania.

Dean and his wife made a deal for her (solely) to support him while he wrote novels for how many years?

5. She said she would pay the bills while he wrote for five years. If he still didn't get anywhere, he probably wouldn't.

Dean was a teacher for disciplinary students at one time.

t. This is what eventually turned him against school administration and government authority.

Dean had a childhood dog who almost asphyxiated him with its chain in the backyard one day while playing. What was its name?

Tiny. His mother forced him to give up Tiny because of this incident.

As of 2002, Koontz had a dog of what breed?

Golden Retreiver. He models lots of his story's dogs after his own.

Dean's father had the following problem:

Alcoholism. Ray Koontz was a serious alcoholic and it affected Dean's life dramatically.

Where does Dean live as of 2002?

Southern California. Most of the settings in his more books take place there.

Dean has been married several times.

f. Gerda was his first and only wife.

Where did Dean go to college?

Shippensburg State College. He lived at the Shippensburg State College's dorm rooms for his freshman year.

Koontz's first real fiction sale was:

Kittens. He sold this piece while still in college when he was 20.

During a job as a ________ _________, Dean was robbed at gunpoint by two men.

Park Ranger. The day after, his picture was in the newspaper.

Some of Dean's relatives thought he would turn out like his father because of his career progress and:

his carelessly long hair. Because of jobs and meetings, he had to keep it short a lot of the time.

Which of the following have been one of Dean's pseudonyms?

Brian Coffey.

What was the main contributing factor to the use of Dean's pseudonyms?

his editors suggested it. His editors suggested it because of his changing style of writing. They thought it would confuse and mislead people, so he published certain genres under different names.

What year was Dean born?

1945. He was born on July 9th.

Koontz's sister Janie had sextuplets at the age of 16.

f. TRICK QUESTION! - He's an only child.

Dean once had a dog named ...

Lucky. Lucky was put to sleep because of his constant regurgitation. *I'm serious*

Aunt _______ was Dean's aunt whom would have constant mood swings and refused to go to his wedding reception.

Kate. She also refused to go to the actual wedding ceremony, but she showed up anyway.

Once Dean dedicated a novel to Lisa Tuttle and the publisher wrote "To Dad" instead.

t. He eventually dedicated another novel to her in the list of dedicatees.