Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben
Harlan Cobenis an American author of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, fatal accidents, and have multiple twists. Among his novels are two series, each involving the same protagonist set in and around New York and New Jersey, and some characters appear in both...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 January 1962
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.
I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them.
Summer romances cometo an end. That was part of the deal. They are built like certain plants or insects, not able to survive more than one season. I thought we would be different. We were, I guess, but not in the way I thought. I truly believed that we would never let each other go. The young are so dumb.
This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.
A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
You bring your own weather to the picnic.
I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something
...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers