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Bio
Harlan Coben's latest novel HOLD TIGHT debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list -- and simultaneously debuted at #1 in the London Times.
Winner of the Edgar
Award, Shamus
Award and Anthony Award - the first author to win all three – international
bestselling author Harlan Coben’s critically-acclaimed
novels have been called “ingenious” (New York Times), “poignant
and insightful” (Los Angeles Times), “consistently
entertaining” (Houston Chronicle), “superb” (Chicago
Tribune) and “must reading” (Philadelphia Inquirer).
His most recent novels, THE WOODS, PROMISE ME, THE INNOCENT, JUST
ONE LOOK, NO
SECOND CHANCE, TELL
NO ONE and GONE
FOR GOOD have appeared on the top of all the major bestseller
lists including the New York Times, London Times, Le Monde,
Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and USA
TODAY -- and many others throughout the world. His books
are published in thirty-seven languages around the globe and
have been number one bestsellers in in nearly a dozen countries.
Harlan's novel TELL NO ONE has been turned into the commercial and critical smash hit French film NE LE DIS A PERSONNE, starring Francois Cluzet and Kristin Scott Thomas. The movie won the Lumiere (French Golden Globe) for best picture and was nominated for nine Cesars (French Oscar) and won four, including best actor, best director and best music. To see the English-subtitled trailer, click here and for stills and to see Harlan appearing in the film, visit our gallery page. The movie will be released in the US on July 2. You can visit the movie site here. To keep up with the latest information, sign up for the newsletter.
In his first books, Coben immersed himself in the exploits
of sports agent Myron Bolitar.
Critics loved the series, saying, “You
race to turn pages…both suspenseful and often surprisingly
funny” (People). After seven books Coben wanted to try
something different. “I came up with a great idea that
simply would not work for Myron,” says Coben. The result
was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller
TELL NO ONE, which became the most decorated thriller of 2001 – nominated
for an Edgar, an Anthony, a Macavity, a Nero, and a Barry; winner
of the Audie Award for Best Audio Mystery/Suspense Book (read
by Steven Weber); and a #1 hardcover book on the Book Sense 76
list. Coben followed the success of TELL NO ONE with the blockbuster
New York Times bestsellers GONE FOR GOOD (2002), NO SECOND CHANCE
(2003), and JUST ONE LOOK (2004) and THE INNOCENT (2005). Bookspan,
recognizing Coben’s broad international appeal, named NO
SECOND CHANCE its first ever International Book of the Month
in 2003 – the Main Selection in 15 different countries.
Coben was the first writer in more than a decade to be invited
to write fiction for the NEW YORK TIMES op-ed
page. His Father’s Day short story, THE
KEY TO MY FATHER, appeared June 15, 2003.
Since his critically-acclaimed Myron
Bolitar series debuted in 1995, Harlan Coben has won the Mystery
Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award and was
nominated for the Edgar two other times. Harlan also won the
Anthony Award at the World Mystery Conference, was nominated
for another Anthony Award, won the Shamus
Award by the Private Eye Writers of America, was nominated
for another Shamus, and was twice nominated for the Dilys
Award by the Independent
Mystery Booksellers Association.
In the United Kingdom, his novel ONE
FALSE MOVE earned him the prestigious “Fresh Talent
Award”, given annually by Great Britain's largest bookstore
chain, W. H. Smith, and GONE
FOR GOOD won the W. H. SMITH “Thumping Good Read” Award.
In France, TELL NO ONE (NE LE DIS A PERSONE) won Le Grand Prix
des Lectrices de Elle for fiction. His novels have been PEOPLE magazine
Page-Turners of the Week and a Publishers Weekly Best of the
Year pick.
Harlan was born in Newark, New Jersey. After graduating from Amherst
College a political science major, Harlan worked in the travel
industry. He now lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben
MD, a pediatrician, and their four children.
For a complete list of Harlan Coben novels and their sequence,
please click NOVELS.
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