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Harlan Coben says ‘quite a bit of tragedy’ in his 20s made him a better writer

Bestselling author and Netflix producer said extensive early experience of grief was ‘very cruel but effective teacher’

The bestselling author, who wrote the Myron Bolitar thriller series and novels turned Netflix shows such as Fool Me Once and Missing You, said he was in his 20s when his father died of a heart attack at the age of 59 in 1988. Coben’s most recently released adaptation, Missing You, which stars Armitage and Sir Lenny Henry, focuses on a detective whose fiance returns under strange circumstances. Fool Me Once is one of the streaming firm’s most-watched programmes, and stars Michelle Keegan as a military combat pilot who suffers from PTSD when her husband (Armitage), who comes from a wealthy family, is murdered.

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