• Dean Koontz on How to Sell 500 Million Books and Why ChatGPT Will Never Replicate the “Soul” of the Human Author

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to the bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz about the limits of literary fiction, the value of human agency, the problem with AI, and why dogs remain our best friends.

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    Dean Koontz is the author of The Big Dark Sky, Quicksilver, The Other Emily, Elsewhere, Devoted, and seventy-nine New York Times bestsellers, fourteen of which were #1, including One Door Away from Heaven, From the Corner of His Eye, Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, Dragon Tears, Intensity, Sole Survivor, The Husband, Odd Hours, Relentless, What the Night Knows, and 77 Shadow Street. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he now lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirits of their goldens Trixie and Anna.


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