# Is "One Door Away from Heaven" by Dean Koontz a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz (Bantam, 2001) is identified by: Bantam hardcover, December 2001. The UK Headline edition (November 2001) preceded the Bantam by several weeks; the Bantam is the true first US edition and the standard collected first for this US author.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Bantam hardcover, December 2001
- Copyright page carries a full number line ending in 1
- First printing runs 606 pages and includes a poem from The Book of Counted Sorrows before the author's note, which is absent from advance copies
- Publisher imprint reads Bantam
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Dean Koontz |
| Publisher | Bantam |
| Year | 2001 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Bantam hardcover, December 2001 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Bantam hardcover, December 2001. Copyright page carries a full number line ending in 1. First printing runs 606 pages and includes a poem from The Book of Counted Sorrows before the author's note, which is absent from advance copies.

## Is this the true first?
The UK Headline edition (November 2001) preceded the Bantam by several weeks; the Bantam is the true first US edition and the standard collected first for this US author.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book club copies lack a jacket price and the full number line treatment of the trade first; mass market paperbacks followed in October 2002.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *One Door Away from Heaven* by Dean Koontz a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/one-door-away-from-heaven
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.