Dead and Alive

Dean Koontz is an international household name whose hugely entertaining parables for our times have been bestsellers in many countries, selling seventeen million copies each year. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he lives with his wife Gerda, their dog Anna, and the enduring spirit of their dog Trixie in southern California.

‘There’s surprise after surprise, including a killer finale … a read-in-one-go novel’ Independent on Sunday on Velocity‘Velocity hits its pace from the first page and races through to a suitably climactic ending.’ Sydney Sunday Telegraph‘Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler.’ The Times‘If Stephen King is the Rolling Stones of novels, Koontz is the Beatles.' Playboy‘Dean Koontz writes page-turners, middle-of-the-night sneak-up-behind-you suspense thrillers. He touches our hearts and tingles our spines.' Washington Post Book World‘Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose. Serious writers might do well to study his technique.' New York Times Book Review‘The poet laureate of paranoid pop fiction.' Denver Post