Meg Gardiner

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Oklahoma, The United States

gender

female

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http://www.meggardiner.com/index.html

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Meg Gardiner was born in Oklahoma and raised in Santa Barbara, California. She graduated from Stanford University and Stanford Law School.

She practiced law in Los Angeles and taught writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She lives with her husband, Paul Shreve, and their three children near London.

Series:
* Evan Delaney
* Jo Beckett

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Meg Gardiner's Blog

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If you could travel back in time…

If you could travel back in time to observe one event in history, what would you choose?

I’ll stipulate that observing the event will not have evil effects on the timeline. If you return to the Cretaceous period and step on a caterpillar, when you return to the present day you will not discover that Tyrannosaurus Rex is actually a tyrant king, who sits on the throne roaring and waving a sword in...

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Meg Gardiner's Books

Average rating: 3.66 · 6,082 ratings · 907 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Dirty Secrets Club (Jo Beckett #1) by Meg Gardiner, Susan Ericksen (Read by) 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 1,486 ratings — published 2008 — 29 editions	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 Memory Collector 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 767 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions	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
	China Lake (Evan Delaney, #1) 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions	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
	Ransom River 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	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 Nightmare Thief 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	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 Liar's Lullaby (Jo Beckett #3) 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions	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
	Crosscut 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	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
	Mission Canyon 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions	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
	Jericho Point 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	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
	Kill Chain 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions	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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Jo Beckett (4 books)
by Meg Gardiner
3.5732230392156863 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 3,264 ratings

Evan Delaney (6 books)
by Meg Gardiner
3.7379718726868987 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 2,702 ratings

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Quotes by Meg Gardiner

“Running cured almost anything. It eased pain; it exhilarated; it served as penance and validation. It turned lone wolf into a compliment. Running was objective – the stop-watch never lied. Races judged competitors on how long and hard they could run fast, not on a coach’s decision to play favorites with the starting lineup. Running was pure.”
― Meg Gardiner, Ransom River

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“Was it hard to watch people go?
No. Breathing afterward, every day, was harder.”
― Meg Gardiner, The Dirty Secrets Club

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“I've been an investigator longer than you've been playing Vulcan Mind Meld with dead people - Tang”
― Meg Gardiner, The Dirty Secrets Club

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