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  • Tess Gerritsen

  • 56 / Female
  • Portland, Maine, US
  • Last Login: 12/1/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Books, creepy science, archaeology, Egyptology.

  • Music

    Celtic. (I play the fiddle.)

  • Movies

    Favorite movies: "Galaxy Quest," "The Mummy" (with Brendan Fraser), "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Independence Day," and "Men in Black."

  • Television

    "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart.

  • Books

    THE KEEPSAKE


    THE MEPHISTO CLUB


    VANISH


    BODY DOUBLE


    THE SINNER


    THE APPRENTICE


    THE SURGEON


    THE BONE GARDEN


    GRAVITY


    BLOODSTREAM


    LIFE SUPPORT


    HARVEST

Networking

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking
  • Hometown: San Diego
  • Zodiac Sign: Gemini
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Occupation: Author

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About me:

I'm an internationally bestselling thriller writer and a doctor, with a fascination for all things weird and creepy. I'm the author of a forensic thriller series starring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles. These two brilliant women investigate some pretty frightening crimes, and their cases have involved serial killers (THE SURGEON), women buried alive (BODY DOUBLE), and even a corpse who wakes up in the morgue! (VANISH) My latest thriller, THE KEEPSAKE, is in bookstores now. Since I'm a doctor, I try to take my readers into the autopsy room, to see what I've seen, and to experience what it's like to hold the pathologist's knife.

So where did I get this scary imagination?

As a kid, I collected lizards and dissected snakes. My mom dragged me to every horror movie ever made, which is how I learned that the world can be a scary place. My mom also believed in the spirit world, and I grew up in a paranormal household, where many of our friends were psychics and spirt mediums. It wasn't unusual to have a dinner guest suddenly go into a trance over dessert and start channeling ghosts!

The result of this rather odd childhood is that I grew up a skeptic. Big-time. I studied science and anthropology and became a doctor.

But I've also been a storyteller, since a very young age. In 1990, I quit medicine, to write novels full-time.

My titles include:

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series:
THE SURGEON
THE APPRENTICE
THE SINNER
BODY DOUBLE
VANISH
THE MEPHISTO CLUB
THE KEEPSAKE

Medical thrillers:
HARVEST
LIFE SUPPORT
BLOODSTREAM
GRAVITY
THE BONE GARDEN

(I also used to write romantic suspense novels)

If you'd like to find out more about me and my books, check out my website and blog:

www.tessgerritsen.com

www.tessgerritsen.com/blog

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Check out the book trailer for my newest novel THE KEEPSAKE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_hVyZ7xHbM

Who I'd like to meet:

Readers, writers, and everyone interested in the book business!

Comments

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  • Nicola

    Dec 26 2009 4:22 PM

    Hi Tess,

    Christmas is a time of joy, a time for love and cheer, a time for making memories, to last throughout the year.



    Merry x-mas!!!



    Nicola
  • ClaudiaClaudia Lemon

    Dec 22 2009 7:09 PM

    hi Tess! i wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year! i can`t wait your new Rizzoli!! greetings from germany

     

  • Schriftsteller/Innen

    Dec 3 2009 12:03 PM

    Hello!
    Thanks for the add and for your message!
    It´s great to have you as friend!
    I wish a nice day!
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    Dec 2 2009 12:47 AM

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK !!!

    FROM

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  • SteveSteve Collins

    Nov 12 2009 3:45 PM

    Special request from a friend of a friend. Diana Harrison Biorkman has a 5-year-old son in his last stages of a 2 1/2 year battle with Neuroblastoma Cancer. They are celebrating Christmas next weekend and Noah loves Christmas cards. Please take a minute to send a card to: Noah Biorkman, 1141 Fountain View Circle, South, Lyon, MI 48178.Thank you so much and PLEASE REPOST on your wall. Let's get a truck load to him!
  • Nicola

    Oct 16 2009 10:57 PM

    Hi Tess,

    I hope you're doing fine and enjoying your time!
    Just wanted to drop in and say hello.

    Have a relaxing and inspiring weekend.

    Cheers, Nicola.
  • Shaz Shaz Photography

    Oct 8 2009 9:16 AM

    Have fun, enjoy music, dance along and hum..

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    Sep 12 2009 7:12 PM

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    Aug 29 2009 1:52 PM

    I wanna be in your first friends please!
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    Aug 8 2009 2:48 PM

    One of the old pics I've made in 2008 I guess....

    Have a great week-end with a lot of fun and a lot of smiles!

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  • BrianBrian Romesburg

    Jul 24 2009 2:04 PM

    Hi Tess!  I hope that this comment finds you doing well!  I can't tell you how much your writing advise has helped me as I have been doing the things that you have told me and I am finding that they are working for me too!  I just finished reading a few James Patterson books and I am so anxious to start reading your book, "Vanish"!  This will be the4th book of your's that I will have read and I have enjoyed the other 3 and I intend to read all of your books!  You are truly an instiration!  I just noticed that you play fiddle and like Celtic music!  I am also a Fiddle player and really enjoy playing Celtic music!  I also play guitar, bass, mandolin, bouzouki, keyboards, drums and a few other instruments and enjoy a wide range of music!  I play a 1910 Geman handmade Hopf violin and it has such a terrific sound!  What kind is your's?

                                                                 Your fan in PA, 
                                                                                     Brian Romesburg  
  • Kitty

    Jul 21 2009 10:17 PM

    Tess, I've been rereading all my favorite authors and I'm on your books now.  I forgot how much I loved them!  Please write more with Maura and Jane - they are such fantastic characters!  I don't want these to end but I'm already on Mephisto Club!  Love your work (along with P Cornwell, J Sanford, L Child, R Crais, J Evanovich and J Patterson) - you are in an elite group!  Keep up the great work!!!!

    A true fan -

    Kitty
  • Charles

    Jul 5 2009 12:47 AM

    Fourth of July

    Fourth of July Tags


  • Tammi (G)

    Jul 4 2009 5:22 PM

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    Hey Tess, I am sending you a 4th of July.


    Send me a drink back!

    Happy 4th Tess, Hope you have a great day!!!!

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    Jul 4 2009 3:24 PM






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    Jun 29 2009 2:53 PM

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  • Shaz Shaz Photography

    Jun 22 2009 7:54 PM

    Just dropped by to say "Hi"  =)
    Take care,
    Shaz
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    Jun 11 2009 10:03 AM

    Dropping by to wish you a magical day =)
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  • DonDon Wells

    Jun 2 2009 5:25 AM

    Thanks Josh, I used to write to Tess before she got an assistant..lol. Tell her not to spill her Ramen Noodles on her fuzzy slippers or, worse yet, use one of the noodles as a page marker in her copy of Lord of the Rings.


    I cant help but read your books Tess, you are wild and quite mad. I guess growing up watching Horror movies with your Mom can do that. (Yea, that interviw with Art Bell replayed last month). It was even more fun the second time.

    Love ya Tess and thanks for adding me.

    Don Wells
  • annaa™

    May 15 2009 2:51 AM

    Thanks for the add .. :) .. Thanks for all the hours of thrilling adventure as I turn each page of every book .. :) .. Thanks for scaring me half to death at times .. :p .. and most importantly of all, thank you so VERY much for the inspiration you passed along to Trish over the years .. she's following her dreams, in part, thanks to you. :)

    (And now that I've rolled my tongue back into my mouth, it was truly a great honor to meet you recently. I'm not completely sure if actual words were formed as I tried to convey that to you on that snowy night in Massachusetts.)

    Be safe, be well, and may you always find the greatest of success as you continue on your literary journey.
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  • Asgard

    Apr 26 2009 2:53 PM

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  • Brandon Carmody [EMPTYL…

    Apr 23 2009 3:39 AM

    Greetings.
  • Valkyrie IX

    Apr 22 2009 1:29 PM

    Hi Tess!
    You are an absolutely great writer.Thanks for your books..
    Ceren.
  • Mary Mary Hafar

    Apr 22 2009 12:31 PM

    I have read everything Tess has published so far.
    Please tell her to keep up the great work!