Reese Witherspoon debuts as novelist, Harlan Coben co

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon has swapped the red carpet for the writer’s desk with the launch of her debut novel, 'Gone Before Goodbye', co-authored with bestselling thriller writer Harlan Coben. The book was unveiled at the Shine Away Summit in Los Angeles, organised by Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine.

The gripping story follows Army combat surgeon Maggie McCabe as she navigates a high-stakes world of Russian billionaires, private medicine, and cutting-edge technology. Witherspoon shared her mission for the novel: “My biggest goal for this book is to inspire as many little girls as possible to want to be surgeons, just as Elle Woods inspired them to become lawyers,” she said.

Unlike her acting career, where she often steps into pre-existing roles, Witherspoon described w