Harlan Coben
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Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American author of mystery novels.
Coben was born in Newark, New Jersey. After graduating from Amherst College a political science major, he worked in the travel industry. He now lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben MD, a pediatrician, and their four children[1].
Coben was in his senior year at college when he realized he wanted to write. His first book was accepted when he was twenty-six but after publishing two stand-alone thrillers in his twenties (Play Dead in 1990 and Miracle Cure in 1991), he decided to change a direction. After almost four years without publishing, Coben switched from writing stand-alone thrillers to the Myron Bolitar series[2]. The novels of the popular series follow the tales of former basketball player turned sports agent Myron Bolitar, who often finds himself investigating murders involving his clients.
Coben has won an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award and an Anthony Award, and is the first writer to have received all three. He is also the first writer in more than a decade to be invited to write fiction for the New York Times op-ed page. He wrote a short story entitled "The Key to my Father", which appeared June 15, 2003.
In 2001 he released his first non-Bolitar novel since the creation of the series in 1995, Tell No One, which was followed by four more non-Bolitar novels and, most recently, the eighth installment of the series, Promise Me, released May 17, 2006 in the United Kingdom[1]. According to Coben's MySpace web page, he is currently working on a new non-Bolitar novel[3].
The plots of Coben's novels usually involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past (Such as murders, fatal accidents, etc.).
In 2006, Tell No One was made into a film (Ne le dis à personne) by French actor / director Guillaume Canet.
[edit] Novels
| Year | Title | ISBN | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Play Dead | ISBN 0945167288 | Currently out of print |
| 1991 | Miracle Cure | ISBN 0945167393 | Currently out of print |
| 1995 | Deal Breaker | ISBN 0440220440 | First Myron Bolitar novel. Movie announced |
| 1996 | Drop Shot | ISBN 0440220459 | Second Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 1996 | Fade Away | ISBN 0440222680 | Third Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 1997 | Back Spin | ISBN 0752849166 | Fourth Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 1998 | One False Move | ISBN 0385323697 | Fifth Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 1999 | The Final Detail | ISBN 0385323719 | Sixth Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 2000 | Darkest Fear | ISBN 0385334338 | Seventh Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 2001 | Tell No One | ISBN 0440236703 | Made into a french movie |
| 2002 | Gone For Good | ISBN 0440236738 | |
| 2003 | No Second Chance | ISBN 0525947299 | |
| 2004 | Just One Look | ISBN 0525947914 | |
| 2005 | The Innocent | ISBN 0525948740 | |
| 2006 | Promise Me | ISBN 0525949496 | Eighth Myron Bolitar novel. |
| 2007 | The Woods | ISBN 0752874411 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Official Harlan Coben Web Site. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
- ^ Spotlight on Harlan Coben from Bookhaunts.net. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
- ^ Harlan Coben's blog on MySpace. Retrieved on 2006-09-30.
