“I
always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration,
doing the work; and desperation. I'm not really fit for anything
else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been
self inflicted.” – Harlan Coben
If you
like sports and you like murder mysteries then you can’t
help but like the writing of Harlan Coben, who found a very interesting way to
combine the two.
Born in New Jersey in 1962, Coben was an
athlete at Amherst College when he decided in his senior year that what he
really wanted to do was write murder mysteries.
So he did.
His
thriller Play Dead was published in 1990, followed by Miracle Cure
in 1991. He then began writing a series of thrillers featuring a former basketball
player turned sports agent, Myron Bolitar, who often finds himself
investigating murders involving his clients.
In the 2015 Coben created the British crime drama television show The
Five and the French-British crime drama Safe which premiered on Netflix
in 2018. That year he signed a 5-year deal to develop 14 of his books into original
Netflix series or films. Five have been
done so far.
Harlan
Coben
His
stories are a great example of how ordinary people can (and usually do) play a
key role in resolving a problem, and his style is one that lets his reader get
right into the action. He said he likes
giving the reader everything they’ll need to figure out the mystery while still
keeping them guessing with multiple plot twists.
“A
good crime novelist – any good novelist for that matter – should … play with
your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.”
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