Career Īfter graduating in 1984, Coben worked in the travel industry, in a company owned by his grandfather. Coben was in his senior year at college when he realized he wanted to write.
He studied political science at Amherst College, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, along with Dan Brown. Early life and education Ĭoben 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. His books have been translated into 43 languages and sold over 60 million copies. Among his novels are two series, each involving the same protagonist set in and around New York and New Jersey some characters appear in both.Ĭoben has won an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award, and an Anthony Award-the first author to receive all three. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple twists.
Harlan Coben is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
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