Harlan Coben is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
12 Facts About Harlan Coben
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Harlan Coben's books have been translated into 43 languages and sold over 60 million copies.
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Harlan Coben was born into a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, and was raised in Livingston, where he graduated from Livingston High School, with his childhood friend, future governor Chris Christie.
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Harlan Coben studied political science at Amherst College, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, along with Dan Brown.
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Harlan Coben was in his senior year at college when he realized he wanted to write.
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Harlan Coben then began writing a series of thrillers featuring a former basketball player turned sports agent, Myron Bolitar, who often finds himself investigating murders involving his clients.
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Harlan Coben followed Tell No One with nine more stand-alone novels.
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Harlan Coben's novel Hold Tight, published on April 15,2008, was his first book to debut at number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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In 2003, Harlan Coben published a short story about his father, who had died of a heart attack at the age of 59 in 1988.
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Harlan Coben won the 1996 Anthony Award in the category "Best Paperback Original", for Deal Breaker, the first volume of the Myron Bolitar series; it was nominated for an Edgar Award in the same category.
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Harlan Coben is the creator of the British crime drama television show The Five, which first aired in April 2016 on the Sky 1 channel in the United Kingdom.
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Harlan Coben created the French-British crime drama television show Safe, which premiered on Netflix in 190 countries on 10 May 2018.