Chandler Hill Harben

Chandler Harben was born in Herndon, Virginia and, at the age of two weeks, was taken to live in Germany for the first five years of his life. His father, a career CIA agent, had his son accompany him to many of his posts; Europe, Africa and Central America. Harben still attempts to maintain his fluency in Swahili and has outlined a proposal for a new novel based on his teenage years in Rwanda following the first genocide between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes. At eighteen years old, with his parents long since divorced, Harben asked his father permission to live with his mother in Greenville, North Carolina. Shortly after arriving, Harben purchased a motorcycle and drove to New York City to become an actor. Some (hard) years later, Harben became successful as an actor with starring roles in off-Broadway shows, as well as playing lead characters for more than seven years on daytime television dramas; Detective Sam Fountain - The Edge of Night, ABC. Doctor Rico Bellini - The Doctors, NBC. Ben Harper * Love of Life, CBS. Max Decker - Texas, NBC. Blue Nobles - Another Life, CBN. Voiceovers for radio commercials were also a mainstay in his career. Married, with three children, Harben sought a different direction in his life and began a new career in the world of finance. After a few years of working for some major financial institutions he struck out on his own as a financial advisor where he soon met and befriended John Z. DeLorean. As of 2009, Harben, in addition to being a grandfather, is an instrument rated pilot. He resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he is said to be working on a screenplay and his second novel.