Reese Witherspoon has been working with authors for years. Now, she can count herself among them.

Witherspoon, who runs her own book club and has served as executive producer of many book-to-screen adaptations, collaborated with bestselling thriller author Harlan Coben to write the novel "Gone Before Goodbye," out Oct. 14.

Witherspoon tells TODAY.com she came out of the experience with "more respect for writers."

"It's just an incredibly disciplined talent where they have to really make stuff up out of thin air," Witherspoon says.

Coben, standing next to her, says he's not sure where his ability to write his many twists comes from. "I think if I think about it, it'll go away," he says, laughing.

"Gone Before Goodbye" began with an idea Witherspoon had about three years ago, but felt s

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