Harlan Coben

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1,008 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 2 Jul

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · Rosebud in NYC - Harlan Coben · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

So my older brother was three and a half years older than me, but because of his genius.

And I say that, I mean, he was in, one day he went to school when he was in third grade and they just moved his desk down to fourth grade.

And all of a sudden he was with kids a year older, which I think was devastating for him and a big mistake on my parents.

But so we were fairly separated by school by almost five years.

My younger brother's five years younger than me.

So I was closer to both of them than they were to each other.

but especially my younger brother, I think I was probably closer to, because my older brother had to go through a lot of stuff.

I mean, as you know, when you're that age, he was a May birthday, so he was already on the younger side or middle side.

And when all of a sudden, you know, you're with a bunch of 10-year-olds and you're 10, but now you're with 11s or 12-year-olds, all of a sudden you go from being one of the biggest or one of the better athletes to one of the lousier ones.

It was, you know, academically you had no issue, but the other stuff I think was...

was tougher for him.

Being that smart, I think, was tough on both of my brothers in different ways.

Oh, I think I'd have to probably pick Jeff Mitnick.

I played basketball, and that was sort of what I was known for.

If you ask kids I grew up with... This is because of your height, because you are tall, aren't you?

I'm tall.

I'm six foot four still to this day.

And I played high school and college university basketball.

So this kid was my co-captain all the years from like first grade, I think, when we first met until we graduated high school.

We played, we were on the same basketball teams together.

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