Allan R. Folsom grew up in Boston

Boston

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, United States

United States

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. In 1963, he worked as a camera man, editor, writer and producer in California

California

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. He then wrote scripts for TV series and films, such as Hart To Hart

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart is an American television series, starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who also moonlighted as amateur detectives. The series was created by writer Sidney Sheldon and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg...

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He has written five books: The Day After Tomorrow (1994), Day of Confession (1998), The Exile (2004), The Machiavelli Covenant (2006) and The Hadrian Memorandum (2009)

His first novel, The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow (novel)

The Day After Tomorrow is a thriller novel by Allan Folsom which appeared in the number 3 spot in its first week on the New York Times bestseller list for fiction...

, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list and netted over 1.2 million copies.

He lives in Santa Barbara, California with his family.

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