Harlan Coben
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Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American writer of mystery books and thrillers.
The plots of his books often revolve around the resurfacing of unsolved or misinterpreted events from the past, murders, or deadly accidents that have multiple twists.
Several of his books are divided into two series, each involving the same protagonist set in and around New York and New Jersey, and others include some characters from both series.
Early life and education
Coben was born in Newark, New Jersey, and he and his childhood friend, future governor Chris Christie, attended Livingston High School.
He studied political science at Amherst College, where he and Dan Brown were active members of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. When Coben's senior year at college, he realized he wanted to write.
Personal life
Coben and his four children live in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with their partner Anne Armstrong-Coben, a pediatrician.
Career
Coben worked in the travel industry, in a company owned by his grandfather since graduating in 1984. It was at this time when he wrote his first book, Play Dead, which was accepted for publication when he was 26 and saw the light in 1990. In 1991, Miracle Cure was followed by Miracle Cure. Myron Bolitar, a former basketball player turned sports agent who often finds himself investigating murders concerning his customers, began writing a series of thrillers.
Tell No One, his first stand-alone thriller since the introduction of the Myron Bolitar series in 1995, was released in 2001. In 2006, a French-language film adaptation based on the novel was published. With nine more stand-alone books, Coben followed Tell No One. Hold Tight, his first book to debut on the New York Times Best Seller list, was published on April 15, 2008.
In 2003, Coben published a short story about his father, who died of a heart attack at the age of 59. The tale, titled "The Key to My Father," was published in The New York Times on Father's Day, June 15, 2003. Besides The New York Times, his essays and columns have appeared in Parade Magazine and Bloomberg Views.