India, Oct. 24 -- Writer-creator Harlan Coben is known for his renowned work in the mystery-suspense-thriller genre. Many of his books including Tell No One, No Second Chance and Just One Look have been adapted for the screen as TV series. Recently, he created the show Lazarus directly for the screens, and he says it's important for him to separate the author in him when writing for a show.

"The novel writing and the TV writing, I keep completely separate. I'm fighting when I'm writing a novel, making sure that I'm not thinking about adapting because that is the kiss of death. If you're a novelist and you want to write thinking this would be a great TV series, that's the kiss of death. You make the changes when you're writing one or the ...