Fear That Man / Toyman

Dean Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. A former high school English teacher as well as a teacher-counselor with the Appalachian Poverty Program, he began writing as a child to escape an ugly home life caused by his alcoholic father. A prolific writer show more at a young age, he had sold a dozen novels by the age of 25. Early in his career, he wrote under numerous pen names including David Axton, Brian Coffey, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Richard Paige, and Owen West. He is best known for the books written under his own name, many of which are bestsellers, including Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, The Husband, Odd Hours, 77 Shadow Street, Innocence, The City, Saint Odd, and The Silent Corner. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

E. C. Tubb was born in London on October 15, 1919. He wrote under about 65 pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt during his 60 years as a freelance writer. He mainly wrote science fiction novels including Moon Base, Alien Dust, The Space-Born, Death Is a Dream, and the series The Dumarest Saga or show more Dumarest of Terra in the United States. He died on September 10, 2010 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less