1. Tess Gerritsen was born on Terry Tom; June 12,1953 and is the pseudonym of Terry Gerritsen, an American novelist and retired general physician.
17 Facts About Tess Gerritsen
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Tess Gerritsen is the child of a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese-American seafood chef.
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Tess Gerritsen's first name is Terry; she decided to feminize it when she was a writer of romance novels.
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In 1975, Tess Gerritsen graduated from Stanford University with a BA in anthropology, intrigued by the ranges of human behavior.
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Tess Gerritsen went on to study medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Tess Gerritsen received her medical degree in 1979 and started work as a physician in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Tess Gerritsen claimed the story allowed her to deal with her own childhood turmoil, including the repeated suicide attempts of her mother.
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Tess Gerritsen subsequently wrote eight romantic thrillers for Harlequin Intrigue and Harper Paperbacks.
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Tess Gerritsen told her young orphans were vanishing from Moscow streets, and police believed the kidnapped children were being shipped abroad as organ donors.
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Tess Gerritsen made an appearance in the series' final season as a writer who helps Isles establish herself in the literary field.
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Tess Gerritsen's books have been published in 40 countries and have sold 25 million copies.
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Tess Gerritsen co-wrote the story and screenplay for Adrift, which aired on CBS as Movie of the Week in 1993 and starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Greenwood.
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Tess Gerritsen has contributed essays in volumes published by Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers.
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Tess Gerritsen is the composer of the musical piece "Incendio" for violin and piano, a waltz that features in the plot of her novel "Playing With Fire".
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Tess Gerritsen is married to Jacob Tess Gerritsen, who is a physician.
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Tess Gerritsen enjoys gardening and playing the fiddle, and lives in Camden, Maine.
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Tess Gerritsen has won approval from several of her contemporaries, including James Patterson and Stephen King, the latter of whom described her as being "even better than Michael Crichton".