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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘Time to take the big leap’: Reese Witherspoon’s first novel hits the shelves

Witherspoon in a black top and black leather skirt holding a copy of her book with Coben who is wearing a blue chequered suit
Reese Witherspoon has teamed up with best-selling author Harlan Coben to write the thriller Gone Before Goodbye. Photograph: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Apple

For more than three decades, Reese Witherspoon has been many things to many people: the Oscar-winning star of Walk the Line; the pink-clad Elle Woods of Legally Blonde; the Hollywood producer who brought Gone Girl and Big Little Lies to the screen. Now, she’s adding another title to her résumé: novelist.

This month, the 49-year-old releases her first work of fiction, Gone Before Goodbye, co-written with the bestselling thriller author Harlan Coben.

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