Rosebud in NYC - Harlan Coben
6/19/20261 hr 12 min
Our guest today is the hugely successful author of twisty, suspenseful, page-turning, gripping novels - such as Tell No One, Fool Me Once and Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben. Here, Harlan talks to Gyles about his childhood, spent in a very ordinary all-American town in New Jersey, which had secrets and rumours lurking beneath its cookie-cutter exterior. He talks about his family - his inspirational father who died too young, and his mother, who lied about her age and was a feminist and a wild-child. He talks about his grandfather's shady mafia dealings. He talks about falling in love, being at college with Dan Brown, and the poetry of Bruce Springsteen. Harlan also talks in depth and detail about his approach to writing. If you've loved any of Harlan's brilliant books or watched any of the thrilling Netflix adaptations of his work - you will find this fascinating. If you're not yet familiar with Harlan's work - you'll want to be after listening to this. What a charming, perceptive and wise person... Thank you Harlan for your time, energy and stories.
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First 90 secondsGyles Brandreth· Host0:00
D-U-B-E-S-O-R. I'm coming to you backwards and forwards. This is Rosebud. I'm Giles Brandreth. Cue the music. [Instrumental music] Hello again, and welcome to Rosebud. This week, I happen to be in New York City. I've come to New York to record episodes of Rosebud, but I've also come because this week coincides with the visit to the United States of America of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. And yesterday, I got together at the New York Public Library with Queen Camilla because I happen to be a trustee of a charity called the Queen's Reading Room. This is the charity set up by Queen Camilla to spread the joy of reading. So she was in New York at the New York Public Library, and, uh, there was a, a fascinating panel of authors there, distinguished authors, and one of them was Harlan Coben, who I know has supported the Queen's Reading Room in the past. He is literally one of the world's best-selling authors. I mean, his books have been translated into 46 languages. They've sold more than 90 million copies. He's a Sunday Times