Gerritsen, Tess

Tess Gerritsen is the child of a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese-American seafood chef. While growing up in San Diego, California, Gerritsen often dreamt of writing her own Nancy Drew novels.^[2] Her first name is Terry; she decided to feminize it when she was a writer of romance novels.^[3] Although she longed to be a writer, her family had reservations about the sustainability of a writing career, prompting Gerritsen to choose a career in medicine.^[4] In 1975, Gerritsen graduated from Stanford University with a BA in anthropology, intrigued by the ranges of human behavior.^[5] She went on to study medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.^[4] She received her medical degree in 1979 and started work as a physician in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[6][7]

While on maternity leave, she submitted a short story to a statewide fiction contest in the magazine Honolulu. Her story, "On Choosing the Right Crack Seed," won first prize and she received $500.^[6][8] The story focused on a young male reflecting on a difficult relationship with his mother. Gerritsen claimed the story allowed her to deal with her own childhood turmoil, including the repeated suicide attempts of her mother.

My Opinion: I just finished "I know a secret" and liked it very much. I will continue to read her books and will select another soon.

Bibliography:

Romantic thrillers[edit]

• • Call After Midnight (1987)

  • Under the Knife (1990)

  • Never Say Die (1992)

  • Whistleblower (1992)

  • Presumed Guilty (1993)

  • Girl Missing^[29] (1994)

  • Keeper of the Bride (1996)

  • Playing with Fire (2015)

Medical thrillers[edit]

• • Harvest (1996)

  • Life Support (1997)

  • Bloodstream (1998)

  • Gravity (1999)

• The Bone Garden (2007) X

• Girl Missing (2009) X

Tavistock series[edit]

• • In Their Footsteps (1994)

  • Stolen^[30] (1995)

Rizzoli & Isles series[edit]

• 1. The Surgeon (2001) introduces police detective Jane Rizzoli

  2. The Apprentice (2002) introduces medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles

  3. The Sinner (2003)

  4. Body Double (2004)

  5. Vanish (2005)

  6. The Mephisto Club (2006)

  7. The Keepsake / Keeping the Dead (US / UK, 2008)

1. Ice Cold / The Killing Place (US / UK, 2010)

• • 1. 8.5 Freaks (short story, 2011)

1. The Silent Girl (US / UK, 2011)^[31]

• • 1. 9.5 John Doe (short story, 2012)tess

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1. Last To Die (UK / US August 16 / 28, 2012)^{[32] X}

2. Die Again (2014) X

3. I Know A Secret (15 August 2017) X

To learn more about this author, go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gerritsen