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Dean Koontz Net Worth 2023, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki

Dean Koontz Net Worth 2020
Celebrated Name/Nick Name: Dean Koontz
Real Name/Birth Name: Dean Ray Koontz
Gender: Male
Age: 78 years old
Birth Date/Birthday: 9 July 1945
Birth Place: Everett, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: White
Height/How Tall: 1.62 m
Weight: 75 kg
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Married
Wife/Spouse (Name): Gerda Ann Cerra Koontz (m. 1966)
Children: No
Dating/Girlfriend
(Name):
N/A
Is Dean Koontz Gay? (Name of Partner): No
Does he have tattoos?: No
Smoking: No
Drinking: Yes
Profession: American author
Net Worth in 2023: $160 million
Last Updated: September 2023

Dean Koontz is a renowned American writer who has been known for writing suspense thrillers. He has some of his popular work being The Door to December as well as The Odd Thomas in which his novels became one of the best sellers in the New York Times. He has been known to make sales of about more than 450 million copies.

Perhaps you know a thing or two about Dean Koontz, however, how well do you know about him? For instance, how old is he? How about his height and weight, moreover his net worth? In another case, Dean Koontz might be a stranger, fortunately for you we have compiled all you need to know about Dean Koontz’s biography-wiki, his personal life, today’s net worth as of 2023, his age, height, weight, career, professional life, and more facts. Well, if your all set, here is what I know.

Early Life & Biography

Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz was born on 9th July 1945 Everett, Pennsylvania. He was born to his parents known as Raymond Koontz together with Florence. He was raised by a very alcoholic father who used to abuse him as well as beat him which as a result which is one of the causes which influenced him in writing later in his life.

He was raised in Bedford through which in his childhood he was an avid reader as well as had much interest in watching films. He completed his schooling from the Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with a degree in English.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

Dean Koontz’s age is 78 years old as of today’s date 26th September 2023 having been born on 9 July 1945. Though, he is 1.62 m tall, he weighs about 75 kg.

Personal Life: Affair, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Dean Koontz tied knots with Gerda Ann Cerra in the year 1966 who they have been living together happily.

Career, Awards & Nominations

Dean Koontz commenced his career through working as a teacher in which he worked in the Mechanicsburg School which is located in Pennsylvania. In addition to this, he also worked in the Appalachian Poverty Program which was a initiative for offering assistance in helping the poor children.

He then got to his professional career in the year 1968 in which he wrote his first novel with Ace books which was known as Star Quest. It was a great success and after this, he then had his second novel known as Beastchild which got listed in the Hugo Award Nomination. This gave him much inspiration in writing more books.

Following the inspiration he received, he has been able to publish many books which have been translated into 38 different languages and made a sale of more than 450 million. Of the books he has written, 16 books have been on the first position in the Paper Back making him to be referred by the Rolling Stone as the America’s most popular suspense Novelist.

He got his inspiration from his dog known as Trixie in writing Christmas is Good and after the pet had passed away in 2007, he wrote another book known as ‘The Darkest Evening of the Year’ that involved a woman running a retriever rescue home meant for dogs. In addition to this, he has been featured as an actor on different television series and movies such as; Sole Survivor, Frankenstein, the Odd Thomas, Phantoms, Black River and Mr Murder. He has won the World Fantasy award in 1986 and World Horror Grandmaster ward in 1996.

Dean Koontz’s Net Worth & Salary in 2023

Dean Koontz Net Worth 2020As of 2023, Dean Koontz has an estimated net worth of $160 million. This comes from the fortunate earnings he has made all through his successful career which have given him many earnings. Much of his earnings come from the sale of his books in which he has been among the best sellers having sold more than $450 million copies.

Dean Koontz remained passionate even after facing many struggles through trying to get in the writing career. His wife known Gerda, contributed highly to his success through which she would always encourage him to the point of quitting her job so as to support his husband.

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