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Background

Coben was born to a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, but was raised and schooled in Livingston, New Jersey with childhood friend and future politician Chris Christie at Livingston High School.1 While studying political science at Amherst College, he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity with author Dan Brown. After Amherst, Coben worked in the travel industry, in a company owned by his grandfather. He now live in Ridgewood, New Jersey with his wife, Anne ArmstrongCoben MD, a pediatrician, and their four children.2

Career

Coben was in his senior year at college when he realized he wanted to write. His first book was accepted when he was twentysix but after publishing two standalone thrillers in his twenties Play Dead in 1990 and Miracle Cure in 1991 he decided on a change of direction and began a series of thrillers featuring his character Myron Bolitar. The novels of the popular series follow the tales of a former basketball player turned sports agent 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 oped page. He wrote a short story titled quot;The Key to my Father,quot; which appeared June 15, 2003.

In 2001 he released his first standalone thriller since the creation of the Myron Bolitar series in 1995, Tell No One, which went on to be his best selling novel to date. Film director Guillaume Canet made the book into a French thriller, Ne le dis personne in 2006. Coben followed Tell No One with six more standalone novels. His 2008 novel Hold Tight was released on April 15, 2008 and became his first book to debut at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. Although this is another standalone novel, Coben commented on his official website that certain key characters from The Woods will make brief appearances.2 His 2009 novel, Long Lost, featured a return of Myron Bolitar and also debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Shelter 2011 is his first work of youngadult fiction. It features Mickey Bolitar, nephew to Coben39;s popular protagonist Myron Bolitar. A second in the series is scheduled for September 2012.

Novels

Myron Bolitar
1.Deal Breaker 1995, ISBN 0440220440; Edgar Award Nominee, Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original
2.Drop Shot 1996, ISBN 0440220440
3.Fade Away 1996, ISBN 0440222680; Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original, Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original
4.Back Spin 1997, ISBN 0752849166
5.One False Move 1998, ISBN 0385323697
6.The Final Detail 1999, ISBN 0385323719
7.Darkest Fear 2000, ISBN 0385334338
8.Promise Me 2006, ISBN 0525949496
9.Long Lost 2009, ISBN 0525951059
10.Live Wire 2011, ISBN 0525952063

Mickey Bolitar
1.Shelter 6 September 2011,3 ISBN 0399256504

Standalone Novels
1.Play Dead 1990, ISBN 0945167288
2.Miracle Cure 1991, ISBN 0945167393;
3.Tell No One 2001, ISBN 0440236703; Adapted into a 2006 French thriller film.
4.Gone for Good 2002, ISBN 0440236738
5.No Second Chance 2003, ISBN 0525947299
6.Just One look 2004, ISBN 0525947914
7.The Innocent 2005, ISBN 0525948740
8.The Woods 2007, ISBN 0752874411
9.Hold Tight 2008, ISBN 0525950605
10.Caught 2010, ISBN 052595158X
11.Stay Close 2012
References

1. Coben, Harlan. quot;Chris Christie Confidentialquot;, The New York Times, November 33, 2009. Accessed February 24, 2011. quot;Growing up in Livingston, N.J., Chris and I both attended Heritage Junior High and Livingston High School.quot;
2. quot;The Official Harlan Coben Web Sitequot;. Retrieved 20060907.
3. http:www.amazon.comdp0399256504
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