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Portrait image of Raymond Chandler Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images (1954)

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Chandler, Raymond

American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when he was six years old, and in 1897 he moved with his mother to England, where he become a British citizen in 1907. Chandler received a classical education at Dulwich College in London in 1900-05. In 1905-07, he studied in both France and Germany and next worked as a reporter...

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Portrait image of Harlan Coben Photo: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images (2017)

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Coben, Harlan

Harlan Coben is an American author who grew up in a Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey. He graduated from Livingston High School in 1980, and in 1984 he was awarded an MA in Political Science from Amherst College, Massachusetts, where he was also a prominent basketball player. He then worked as a guide at his grandfather’s travel agency before becoming a full-time author.
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