Editing Harlan Coben (section)

==Early life and education==
Coben was born into a [[Jewish]] family in [[Newark, New Jersey]], and was raised in [[Livingston, New Jersey|Livingston]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cowles |first=Gregory |date=March 29, 2013 |title=Inside the List |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/books/review/inside-the-list.html |access-date=March 27, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> where he graduated from [[Livingston High School (New Jersey)|Livingston High School]], with his childhood friend, future governor [[Chris Christie]].<ref name="cobenoped">{{cite web|last=Coben |first=Harlan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/opinion/06coben.html |title=Chris Christie Confidential |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 5, 2009 |access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> His brother is the noted businessman [[Lawrence S. Coben]].

He studied political science at [[Amherst College]], where he was a member of the [[Psi Upsilon]] fraternity, along with [[Dan Brown]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2019 |title=Harlan Coben Books in Order |url=https://booksreadingorder.com/harlan-coben/ |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=Books Reading Order |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2020 |title=Authors |url=https://psiu.org/recognition/authors/ |access-date=March 27, 2022 |website=Psi Upsilon Fraternity |language=en-US}}</ref> Coben was in his senior year at college when he realized he wanted to write.<ref name=":4"/>