Harlan Coben: 'Writers never like to admit it but all lead characters are based on them'

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He's sold more books than most of your favourite authors combined: 70 million copies translated into more than 40 languages. The award-winning author Harlan Coben is adored here in France with film director Guillaume Canet adapting his 2001 thriller "Tell No One" for the big screen in 2006, and two of his books have been made into French TV series. The adaptation of his 2015 novel "The Stranger" will appear on Netflix later this year. He's in France as his 31st book "Run Away" has just been translated into French.
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