by vjbooks | Jan 16, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(expressindia.com, Jan. 7) January releases will have detective-fiction lovers jump for joy How many times in the Conan Doyle mysteries does Sherlock Holmes say, “Elementary, my dear Watson”? If you’re a true-blue, detective-fiction lover, you’ll know that Holmes...
by vjbooks | Jan 14, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
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 325,000,000 copies, a figure that currently increases by more than 17 million copies per...
by vjbooks | Jan 10, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 15) Koontz notes in an Amazon.com interview that the idea for Your Heart Belongs to Me came during a phone conversaton with a friend. “Story ideas have come to me from lines in songs, froma scrap of overheard conversation, from...
by vjbooks | Dec 21, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(www.bworldonline.com, Dec. 23, Dennis Posadas) The traditional book industry is in a quandary these days. In this time of home foreclosures, industry and job layoffs, factory shutdowns, etc., the last priority on some people’s minds is to buy a book. This is why...
by vjbooks | Dec 11, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 8 ) In an interview on Amazon.com, Dean Koontz talks about how he researches his bestsellers, “I never go on-line. My writing schedule and other obligations keep me busy 18/7. The other six hours, I sleep . . I do most of my...
by vjbooks | Nov 26, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Comiclist, Nov. 6 2008) Dabel Brothers Publishing announced today the acquisition of an original story by Dean Koontz which they will develop in comic book and graphic novel form. Dean Koontz’s Nevermore, written by Keith Champagne based on an outline by Koontz...
by vjbooks | Nov 21, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Nov. 3) “Dean Koontz has sold 375 million books worldwide, and his fan base continues to grow. When The Darkest Evening of the Year was published in hardcover in 2007, it was his fastest bestselling book to date, and spent nine weeks...
