Tess Gerritsen

Tess Gerritsen was born in 1953 and practiced as a medical doctor before turning to writing full-time. A graduate of Stanford University who went to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, she was practicing medicine in Hawaii when she began her writing career. Her first novel, Call After Midnight was published in 1987. She won the 2002 RITA® in the Romantic Suspense category for her novel The Surgeon. She has also received the Nero Wolfe Award for best mystery novel for her novel Vanish. Gerritsen has also been nominated for Edgar and Macavity awards. She wrote the screenplay for television movie Adrift which starred Kate Jackson. Her work currently focuses on the medical thriller genre with a dose of romance.

On the Web

• Official Website [1]
• Wikipedia [2]
• Blog Tess Gerritsen Blog
• Interview [3]

Books

• Apprentice, The - 2002
• Bloodstream - 1998
• Body Double - 2004
• Bone Garden, The - 2007
• Call After Midnight - 1987
• Die Again - 2015
• Freaks - 2011
• Gravity - 1999
• Harvest - 1996
• I Know A Secret - 2017
• Ice Cold / The Killing Place - 2010
• In Their Footsteps - 1994
• John Doe - 2012
• Keeper Of The Bride - 1996
• Keepsake, The / Keeping The Dead - 2008
• Last To Die - 2012
• Life Support - 1997
• Listen To Me - 2022
• Mephisto Club, The - 2006
• Never Say Die - 1992
• Peggy Sue Got Murdered / Girl Missing - 1994
• Playing With Fire - 2015
• Presumed Guilty - 1993
• Shape Of Night, The - 2019
• Silent Girl, The - 2011
• Sinner, The - 2003
• Stolen - 2019
• Surgeon, The - 2001
• Thief Of Hearts - 1995
• Under The Knife - 1990
• Vanish - 2005
• Whistleblower - 1992

Series/Related Titles

Maura Isles And Jane Rizzoli

1. The Surgeon

2. The Apprentice

3. The Sinner

4. Body Double

5. Vanish

6. The Mephisto Club

7. The Keepsake / Keeping The Dead

8. Ice Cold / The Killing Place

8.5 Freaks

9. The Silent Girl

9.5 John Doe

10. Last To Die

11. Die Again

12. I Know A Secret

13. Listen To Me

Tavistock Family

1. In Their Footsteps
2. Thief Of Hearts

Awards

• 2006 Nero Wolfe Award Winner - Novel, Vanish
• 2005 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Suspense Novel, Vanish
• 2004 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Contemporary Mystery, Body Double
• 2002 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Suspense Novel, The Surgeon
• 2002 RITA Award Winner - Romantic Suspense, The Surgeon
• 1999 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Suspense Novel, Gravity
• 1993 RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner - Harlequin Intrigue, Never Say Die

Recognitions

• 2019 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, The Shape Of Night
• 2016 Thriller Award Nominee - Novel, Playing With Fire
• 2015 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Die Again
• 2015 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Playing With Fire
• 2012 RT Book Reviews Top Pick, Last To Die
• 2006 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee - Novel, Vanish
• 2006 Macavity Award Nominee - Mystery Novel, Vanish
• 1994 RITA Award Finalist - Romantic Suspense/Gothic Romance, Presumed Guilty
• 1988 RITA Award Finalist - Long Contemporary Romance, Call After Midnight

Awards (body of work)

• 2006 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Female Sleuth
• 2002 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Suspense