Bb5a31f81ClaimAuthor Stephen King wrote several published novels, including Cujo, The Shining, and Pet Sematary, while experiencing alcohol and cocaine dependenciesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBen McIntyre first learned of the Redwood case, an intelligence operation involving a Soviet spy in Iran, from a former officer a decade before writing about itAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBritish novelists Graham Greene, John Buchan, Ian Fleming, and John le Carré were all former spiesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAuthor Ben McIntyre's books are based on declassified archives and interviews with living witnessesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimFor his book, Ben McIntyre interviewed Ian McCready, the MI6 handler for Vladimir KuzichkinAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAdam Grant described his book "Vibe" as his most personal as of October 2026, stating it forced him to be more vulnerableAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAuthor Neal Stephenson works with Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin, does programming, and makes gamesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimJames Baldwin appeared on the cover of Time magazine when he was in his late 30sAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe poet Allen Ginsberg was thrown out of Hebrew school as a child for asking an offending question and never returnedAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHarlan Coben does not want his television adaptations to be the same experience as reading the bookAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMary Higgins Clark wrote from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. daily while raising five children and working a full-time job after her husband diedAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHarlan Coben's fourth child was born on the same day "Tell No One" became a bestsellerAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHarlan Coben began writing his first novel while working a job in Costa del Sol, Spain during collegeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHarlan Coben is willing to make significant changes to his novels when adapting them for televisionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimWhen "Tell No One" became a bestseller, Harlan Coben had four children aged newborn, two, four, and sevenAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMalcolm Gladwell's creative work intentionally removes most aspects of his personal lifeAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMalcolm Gladwell uses his podcasts as a testing ground for ideas and stories that may later become booksAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMalcolm Gladwell states he does not enjoy writing about his own life because he finds discovering new people more interestingAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe poet Wallace Stevens wrote the phrase "death is the mother of beauty."AgreeDisagree