2009 Readers' Festival Dean Koontz Seating limited - see note below

Wristbands will be available beginning at 10 am on Saturday, September 12th at the Friends "Welcome" booth, at the entrance to the Norman P. Murray Center.  One per person, seating is limited to 500 for each session.  Dean Koontz will be speaking 4 to 5 pm in the Sycamore Room. His signing will be limited to two books that are brought to the festival and two books that are purchased at the festival.

When he was a senior in college, Dean Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are published in 38 languages. He has sold 375,000,000 copies, a figure that currently increases by more than 17 million copies per year.

Eleven of his novels have risen to number one on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list (One Door Away from Heaven, From the Corner of His Eye, Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, Dragon Tears, Intensity, Sole Survivor, The Husband and Odd Hours ), making him one of only a dozen writers ever to have achieved that milestone. Fourteen of his books have risen to the number one position in paperback. His books have also been major bestsellers in countries as diverse as Japan and Sweden.

The New York Times has called his writing "psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying." The New Orleans Times-Picayune said Koontz is, "at times lyrical without ever being naive or romantic. [He creates] a grotesque world, much like that of Flannery O'Conner or Walker Percy ... scary, worthwhile reading." Rolling Stone has hailed him as "America's most popular suspense novelist.". 

For more information visit http://www.deankoontz.com.