He is repped by UTA and Lisa Erbach Vance at Aaron Priest Literary Agency. Others include “Win,” “The Boy From the Woods,” “Run Away,” and “Tell No One.” He is also the creator and executive producer of the Netflix shows “The Stranger,” “Safe,” The Five,” and “The Woods.” He was also the showrunner on the French TV mini-series “Une Chance De Trop” (“No Second Chance”) and “Just Un Regard” (“Just One Look”). “We’re thrilled to team with MGM, Harlan, and Ed to bring this popular character to life on screen.”Ĭoben has 75 million books in print worldwide, with the author having penned 31 novels to date. “Shelter is a compelling story that hooks you from the beginning, with a hero you love to root for in Mickey,” said Vernon Sanders, co-head of television, Amazon Studios. Coben will also executive produce, as weill Erik Barmack. Ed Decter will serve as showrunner and executive producer. “Shelter” hails from MGM International Television Productions. Soon Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew. Mickey follows Ashley’s trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that Ashley isn’t who she claimed to be. Fortunately, he’s met a great girl, Ashley, and it seems like things might finally be improving. He is forced to live with his estranged aunt and switch high schools. In “Shelter,” Bolitar witnesses his father’s death and sends his mom to rehab. The pilot will begin filming this summer. According to an individual with knowledge of the project, should “Shelter” get ordered to series, it could go either to Amazon Prime Video or to IMDB TV.

MGM has acquired the rights to all the other books in the Mickey Bolitar series as well.

Shelter” is the first novel in Coben’s Mickey Bolitar book series. Amazon Studios has ordered a YA pilot based on the Harlan Coben novel “Shelter,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Shelter by Harlan Coben