Dean+Koontz

=  = Dean Koontz!!

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 ====Dean Koontz was born June 9, 1949 in Everett Pennsylvania. His Parents were Ray and Florence Koontz. Dean Koontz was a man of very few treasures. HIs childhood was known for being very horrible. His father was an alcoholic who abused him and his mother. He had to put up with his fathers for years and eventually the doctors became aware that he was mentally ill (schizophrenia). His mother was the most important person in his life. He viewed her as a strong and very nice person. Books became a major part of his life during his childhood. Though his parents did not approve of his choice of escape, he continued to write. A lot of his female characters were curved around his mother. By the time he was eight he had written short stories, with covers that he had made himself, and began to sell them. He sold them for a nickel each to whoever would buy them. When he was twelve Koontz had won his first award for writing through a artical he wrote called "What being American Means to Me" in a nationwide newspaper contest. The most important writing contest he won was w fiction writing contest where he submitted "Kitten" to Shippensburgh State College and Atlantic Monthly Award. After the winning of these contest he began to think about taking writing as a serious career. ====