Along with Stephen King, Koontz is the preeminent horror writer of his age, selling millions and millions of books worldwide. Koontz had a horrific childhood; his father was an abusive alcoholic and his mother was mentally unstable, and they both actively discouraged him from pursuing a writing career. However, when the 12-year-old Koontz won an essay contest, the seed was planted. He studied education and was a high school English teacher from 1967 to 1969, at which point he began writing full more...
Along with Stephen King, Koontz is the preeminent horror writer of his age, selling millions and millions of books worldwide. Koontz had a horrific childhood; his father was an abusive alcoholic and his mother was mentally unstable, and they both actively discouraged him from pursuing a writing career. However, when the 12-year-old Koontz won an essay contest, the seed was planted. He studied education and was a high school English teacher from 1967 to 1969, at which point he began writing full time. At the end of the '90s, Dean Koontz has written nearly 80 books of suspense or horror.less...
CheeWee wrote a review on Forever Odd (Odd Thomas Novels)
This is a sequel to the book "Odd Thomas", which I rather enjoyed. "Forever Odd" sprang no surprises, as Koontz stuck to his winning combi of supernatural phenomenons, love and friendship and some philosophies on life. Throw in a couple of psychotic bad guys and the set was complete. I find the middle part quite boring though, since Odd is mostly alone, a large part of the book is just pure narrative. The last 1/3 of the book, when Odd meets his enemies, the confrontation and dialogues were more interesting and was where I enjoyed more.