Tess Gerritsen
Author of The Surgeon
About the Author
Tess Gerritsen was born on June 12, 1953 in San Diego, California. She received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. Her first novel, Call After show more Midnight was published in 1987. It was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote the screenplay, Adrift, which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson. Her first medical thriller, Harvest, was published in 1996. She is the author of the Rizzoli and Isles series, which was adapted into a television show. She has won several awards including the Nero Wolfe Award for Vanish and the Rita Award for The Surgeon. She retired from the medical field and writes full-time. Her other novels include Presumed Guilty, Harvest, Gravity, The Bone Garden, and Playing with Fire. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo by Jacob Gerritsen
Series
Works by Tess Gerritsen
Last to Die: Rizzoli & Isles series 10 26 copies
The Surgeon [and] The Sinner 4 copies
SOS Title Unknown 3 copies
Four By Tess Gerritsen (Rizzoli and Isles, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold) (2010) 2 copies
Le voleur de morts 2 copies
Rizzoli & Isles 10 Book Bundle 2 copies
Tess Gerritsen Rizzoli & Isles series collection 9 Books set. (The Surgeon, the Apprentice, the Sinner, Body Double,… (2012) 2 copies
Trust no one 1 copy
Great Plains 1 copy
De laatste sterft & John Doe 1 copy
Šėlas 1 copy
The Surgeon | Vanish 1 copy
Rizzoli & Isles: Books 1-7 1 copy
Associated Works
In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (2020) — Contributor — 40 copies
Livros Condensados: Colheita Macabra | A Dama Misteriosa de Florença | Meia-Noite e Cinco | Alice (1998) — Author — 5 copies
Válogatott könyvek 23. Mary Higgins Clark - Mielőtt búcsút mondanék; Nelson DeMille - Az oroszlán játszmája;… (2002) 5 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Bombmaker • Julie and Romeo • Gravity • The Colour of Hope (2001) — Author — 4 copies
Det Bästas Bokval (1998) vol 197 : Donator okänd; Oanade möjligheter; Minnets labyrinter; De urgamla bergen log — Author — 3 copies
Select Editions: The Silent Girl, The Little Village School, Buried Secrets and Dark Matter (2011) — Author — 3 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Bone Garden • Final Theory • I Heard That Song Before • Frangipani (2007) 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Gerritsen, Tess
- Legal name
- Gerritsen, Teresa
- Other names
- Gerritsen, Terry
- Birthdate
- 1953-06-12
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
- Places of residence
- San Diego, California, USA
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Camden, Maine, USA - Education
- Stanford University (BA|Anthropology|1975)
University of California, Berkeley (MD|1979) - Occupations
- author
physician
mystery novelist
historical novelist
screenwriter - Awards and honors
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Award (Female Sleuth, 2006)
- Short biography
- Tess Gerritsen left a successful practice as an internist to raise her children and concentrate on her writing. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of suspense, the 1996 New York Times bestseller Harvest. Subsequently, she wrote three bestselling medical thrillers, Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), and Gravity (1999). Her first crime thriller, The Surgeon (2001) introduced the character of homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, who then became the focus of a series of novels that paired her with medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The books were adapted into the television series Rizzoli & Isles.
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Reviews
Die Again: Rizzoli & Isles, Book 11 by Tess Gerritsen
Enjoyable crime mystery that connects a serial killer from Africa to the USA and it comes with a twist and wild animals are involved. This is the first book I have read in the Rizzoli and Isles series of two women, one a homicide detective and the other a medical examiner. Easy reading and I will read more.
The man she shot to death is back stalking her. Catherine Cordell, a surgeon in Boston lives her days on her feet as she attends to one trauma patient after another. In the face of wounds and bodily damage, she plays like a star performer, fixing people, bringing them back from the edge of death.
But behind this calm and composed woman is a haunting past. A past in which a serial killer, known to torture, mutilate and kill women, had terrorized Catherine, before being shot to death by her. Now, two years later, he seems to have come back from the dead. He is killing other women in exactly the same way but his main prize appears to be Cordell.
Detectives Jane Rizzoli and Thomas Moore of the Boston Police Department are on the hunt for this killer who has wrecked havoc in their city. But with Moore getting involved with Catherine and Rizzoli acting as the stung victim of jealousy, can the two remain objective?
An interesting, quick mystery read. While the climax isn’t exactly didn’t-see-it-coming or unexpected, it still makes for a good suspense title. Recommended to fans of the genre.… (more)
But behind this calm and composed woman is a haunting past. A past in which a serial killer, known to torture, mutilate and kill women, had terrorized Catherine, before being shot to death by her. Now, two years later, he seems to have come back from the dead. He is killing other women in exactly the same way but his main prize appears to be Cordell.
Detectives Jane Rizzoli and Thomas Moore of the Boston Police Department are on the hunt for this killer who has wrecked havoc in their city. But with Moore getting involved with Catherine and Rizzoli acting as the stung victim of jealousy, can the two remain objective?
An interesting, quick mystery read. While the climax isn’t exactly didn’t-see-it-coming or unexpected, it still makes for a good suspense title. Recommended to fans of the genre.… (more)
Stephen Kings piece on the back cover is correct...she is an automatic must-read!!! I'm LATE in discovering her but now I have so much more of her work to enjoy!
I really enjoyed this story. It reminded me a little of the movie RED with its retired spies getting together to help one of their retired fellow operatives. I am hopeful that this will be the first of a new series by this author. I liked the book but donated it to the Pawlet Library for their bookshelves. If I want a second read I know exactly where to find it!
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