![]() ![]() He has written 70 books in half as many years, with sales nearing 300 million in 38 languages - all with little publicity for his books or himself. What kind of mind invents such off-the-wall creatures and earns multiple millions in the process? Only a slightly eccentric guy like Koontz, 59, who freely admits he has some unusual traits. And who could forget Einstein, the genetically altered dog who thinks like a human and battles a monster mutated from a baboon? Then there is Koontz’s Odd Thomas, a small-town fry cook who converses with ghosts and catches killers in a hold-your-breath race with catastrophe. His latest solo novel, “Life Expectancy,” is full of hair-raising moments, fomented mostly by a homicidal clown who pursues perhaps the most lovably loony fictional family since “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Well, for Koontz it is, which is why he can’t imagine writing anything but the suspense fiction for which he has become so famous. We live in denial of that, but it’s true.” We live in a perpetual state of suspense. “None of us know what’s going to happen to us later today or tomorrow. ![]() For him, suspense is the key element of life. The best-selling author takes no day for granted. ![]() ![]() PEOPLE RARELY LEAVE HOME thinking they might be hit by a freeway sniper, killed in a car crash or mauled by a mountain lion while riding a bike. ![]()
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