My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st… — Tess Gerritsen Becoming Copy Share Image
She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned. — Tess Gerritsen Acceptance Copy Share Image
The hardest part of writing is the first draft, and the closer you get to your deadline, the messier your workspace becomes… — Tess Gerritsen Any Copy Share Image
Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the… — Tess Gerritsen Backgrounds Copy Share Image
What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth… — Tess Gerritsen Beautiful Copy Share Image
With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will once… — Tess Gerritsen Draws Copy Share Image
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live… — Tess Gerritsen Aside Copy Share Image
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what… — Tess Gerritsen Always Copy Share Image
I think what medical training does is it gives you the language, the tools to look up facts. I think medical training… — Tess Gerritsen Approach Copy Share Image
Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's… — Tess Gerritsen Angela Copy Share Image
I'd been writing stories since I was a child. I wrote little books for my mom and bound them myself with needle… — Tess Gerritsen About Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this 'crime' is through a groundswell of people who continue to… — Tess Gerritsen Alzheimer Copy Share Image
I think fiction, for me, is a way of trying to understand why people do the things they do - and trying… — Tess Gerritsen Explain Copy Share Image
I was an anthropology major in college, and I've had a lifelong fascination with Egyptology, mummies, and all sorts of bizarre cultural… — Tess Gerritsen Anthropology Copy Share Image
