The international best-selling thriller icon
will publish the first of five books, Devoted, with Thomas &
Mercer next spring, but readers won’t have to wait that long for
their next read from Dean Koontz—his short thriller collection,
Nameless, launches free for Prime and Kindle Unlimited customers
from Amazon Original Stories in November.
Amazon Publishing (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it has signed
international best-selling author Dean Koontz for a five-book deal
and a collection of six short thrillers. Thomas & Mercer will
publish the first book, Devoted, next spring, and Nameless, the
short thriller collection, will be available from Amazon Original
Stories for free to Prime and Kindle Unlimited customers on
November 12th.
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“For many years, I have enjoyed a wonderful relationship with
Brilliance Audio, an Amazon company, and later with Amazon Original
Stories,” says Dean Koontz. “Although there were numerous options
for the future, it was most natural to sign with the team at Amazon
Publishing, which presented a marketing and publicity plan smarter
and more ambitious than anything I’d ever seen before. This new
arrangement is so exciting, I’ve been creatively rejuvenated. The
times are changing, and it’s invigorating to be where change is
understood and embraced.”
“We are honored Dean has chosen Amazon Publishing to bring his
newest work to readers,” says Mikyla Bruder, Publisher of Amazon
Publishing. “Building on the success of Dean’s Amazon Charts
best-selling short story, Ricochet Joe, our first publication
together, we’re excited to expand our relationship with five new
books from Thomas & Mercer and an episodic collection of short
thrillers from Amazon Original Stories, delivering the kind of
exhilarating and deeply resonant suspense his millions of fans
expect and we know new readers will love.”
Amazon Publishing Editorial Director Grace Doyle acquired North
American rights in the five-book deal for the mystery, thriller,
and true crime imprint, Thomas & Mercer, and Editorial Director
Julia Sommerfeld acquired World English in the collection deal for
the digital- and audio-only imprint, Amazon Original Stories.
Koontz is represented by Richard Pine and Kimberly Witherspoon of
InkWell Management and Richard Heller of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein
& Selz.
“Even when an author’s books have sold over 500 million copies,
there are new horizons to explore and readers who haven’t yet
discovered his work,” say Richard Pine and Kimberly Witherspoon of
InkWell Management. “Dean is at the peak of his storytelling powers
and Amazon has committed to a highly ambitious and creative
publishing plan that’s certain to delight his existing fans and
create millions of new ones.”
The first book in the deal, Devoted, introduces Megan Bookman,
an artist and widow whose every adversity has made her stronger, a
golden retriever named Kipp—one of a community of self-aware,
strangely gifted dogs living secretly among us—and Megan’s son
Woody, a brilliant but unspeaking autistic boy who seeks vengeance
against his father’s killers. In this epic thriller, Kipp, Woody,
Megan, and their extended family confront a terrifying threat to
all humanity. Devoted is planned for publication in spring 2020.
Readers can follow Koontz on Amazon.com to receive new release
updates.
Koontz’s Nameless collection features six short thrillers
following a mysterious amnesiac vigilante called Nameless, who
travels from town to town, dispensing justice when the law fails.
Directed by a shadowy, powerful organization and driven by
splintered visions of the past and future, he’s headed toward the
ultimate confrontation—with his own past. Readers and listeners can
download the collection as a Kindle eBook or as an Audible
audiobook on November 12th.
When he was a senior in college, Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly
fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are
published in 38 languages and he has sold over 500 million copies
to date. Fourteen of his novels have risen to number one on the New
York Times hardcover best-seller list, making him one of only a
dozen writers ever to have achieved that milestone. Sixteen of his
books have risen to the number one position in paperback. His books
have also been major best-sellers in countries as diverse as Japan
and Sweden.
In December 2017, Amazon Original Stories published Koontz’s
Amazon Charts best-selling short story, Ricochet Joe, a
supernatural thriller about an average Joe in extraordinary
danger.
www.amazon.com/koontz
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