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Tess Gerritsen

テス・ジェリッツェン　/　てす・じぇりっつぇん

American writer

June 12, 1953 (age 72)　・　San Diego, California, United States

California
writer
novelist
physician

My Take

Tess Gerritsen's path is the part of her story I find most compelling. A Stanford-trained physician who traded the clinic for the keyboard and became a queen of the medical thriller, she brings an authenticity to her pages that no weekend researcher could fake. The Rizzoli and Isles world earned her readers worldwide and a 2012 European thriller award, but the deeper draw for me is the through-line: saving lives and writing about lives are both acts of studying what makes people tick. I deeply respect anyone who masters two demanding vocations, and Gerritsen made both look like genuine callings rather than career moves.

Overview

Terry "Tess" Gerritsen (née Tom; born June 12, 1953) is an American novelist and retired general physician.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tess Gerritsen
Name (Japanese): テス・ジェリッツェン
Reading: てす・じぇりっつぇん
Born: June 12, 1953 (age 72)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Snake
Origin: San Diego, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / novelist / physician / television writer / essayist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Kearny High School
University: Stanford University

Awards & achievements

2012 Crimezone Thriller Awards

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.tessgerritsen.com/
Xhttps://x.com/tessgerritsen
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3

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