About Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American writer of mystery and thrillers. 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. Fifteen of his novels have been adapted for film and television. Coben has won an Edgar Award, a Shamus Award, and an Anthony Award—the first author to receive all three. His books have been translated into 46 languages and sold over 90 million copies. In 2025, Coben published his first collaborative co-authored novel, Gone Before Goodbye, with Reese Witherspoon. It was during that time when he wrote his first book, romantic suspense thriller Play Dead, which was accepted for publication when he was 26 and released in 1990. Tell No One, his first stand-alone thriller since the creation of the Myron Bolitar series in 1995, was published in 2001.
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