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Tess Gerritsen

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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.

While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Suppo ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,215,788 ratings · 66,998 reviews · 200 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 174,765 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spy Coast (The Martini Club, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 105,537 ratings — published 2023 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanish (Rizzoli & Isles, #5) 4.15 avg rating — 71,886 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apprentice (Rizzoli & Isles, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 71,459 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body Double (Rizzoli & Isles, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 62,619 ratings — published 2004 — 171 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 62,603 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ice Cold (Rizzoli & Isles, #8) 4.19 avg rating — 51,891 ratings — published 2010 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mephisto Club 4.03 avg rating — 50,559 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Keepsake (Rizzoli & Isles, #7) 4.12 avg rating — 47,924 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silent Girl (Rizzoli & Isles, #9) 4.15 avg rating — 45,287 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Which is your favorite one of my Rizzoli and Isles novels? Tess Gerritsen

Body Double

3 votes, 20.0%

The Mephisto Club

3 votes, 20.0%

Ice Cold

2 votes, 13.3%

Last to Die

2 votes, 13.3%

The Apprentice

1 vote, 6.7%

The Sinner

1 vote, 6.7%

Vanish

1 vote, 6.7%

The Keepsake

1 vote, 6.7%

The Silent Girl

1 vote, 6.7%

15 total votes

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Tess’s Quotes

“An hour before her shift started, an hour before she was even supposed to be there, they rolled the first corpse through the door.”
― Tess Gerritsen, Girl Missing

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“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”
― Nadine Gordimer

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message 7: by Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl

Apr 02, 2010 05:15PM

:-) I guess adding friends drops your "most followed" ranking because your new friends were following you. Oh well.

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message 6: by Kathy

Mar 31, 2010 07:00PM

Thank you so much for the friend add, Tess. Your writing is simply riveting. I'm so looking forward to Ice Cold: A Novel, and I'm planning on attending your author visit in Bowling Green, KY in June.

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message 5: by Kristi

Mar 31, 2010 04:00PM