This chapter profiles Dr. Tess Gerritsen, an internal medicine physician who became a bestselling thriller author with over 40 million books sold worldwide. After graduating from Stanford University in 1975 with a BA in Anthropology, she earned her MD from UC San Francisco in 1979 and practiced internal medicine in Honolulu (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Amazon, Tess Gerritsen: books, biography. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tess%20Gerritsen/author/B000AQ4IHU , n.d.; EBSCO Research Starters, Tess Gerritsen. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/tess-gerritsen , n.d.). Dr. Gerritsen began writing during maternity leave, publishing her first novel “Call After Midnight” with Harlequin Intrigue in 1987 (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Goodreads, Tess Gerritsen (Author of The Surgeon). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18149.Tess_Gerritsen , n.d.). Her medical thriller “Harvest” (1996) marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing her as the “medical suspense queen” according to Publishers Weekly (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Amazon, Tess Gerritsen: books, biography. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tess%20Gerritsen/author/B000AQ4IHU , n.d.; Publishers Weekly, All danger and glamour: PW talks with Tess Gerritsen. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/96146-all-danger-and-glamour-pw-talks-with-tess-gerritsen.html , 2024, October 14). Dr. Gerritsen’s most enduring contribution is the Rizzoli & Isles crime series, beginning with “The Surgeon” (2001), which introduced Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles across 13 novels (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Goodreads, Tess Gerritsen (Author of The Surgeon). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18149.Tess_Gerritsen , n.d.). TNT adapted the series for television, premiering July 12, 2010 and running for seven seasons and 105 episodes through September 5, 2016, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander (IMDb, Rizzoli & Isles (TV series 2010–2016). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551632 , n.d.; Deadline, ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ to end after seven seasons. https://deadline.com/2016/01/rizzoli-isles-canceled-7-seasons-1201677729/ , 2016, January 7). Her novel “Vanish” won the 2006 Nero Wolfe Award (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Goodreads, Tess Gerritsen (Author of The Surgeon). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18149.Tess_Gerritsen , n.d.; LibraryThing, Author interview: Tess Gerritsen. https://blog.librarything.com/2025/03/author-interview-tess-gerritsen/ , 2025, March). Dr. Gerritsen recently launched a new spy thriller series, “The Spy Coast” (Thomas & Mercer, 2023), which was acquired by Amazon Studios for television development (BookTrib, Tess Gerritsen interview: The Spy Coast. https://booktrib.com/2023/11/08/tess-gerritsen-interview-the-spy-coast/ , 2023, November 8).

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Tess Gerritsen, an internal medicine physician who became a bestselling thriller author with over 40 million books sold worldwide. After graduating from Stanford University in 1975 with a BA in Anthropology, she earned her MD from UC San Francisco in 1979 and practiced internal medicine in Honolulu (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Amazon, Tess Gerritsen: books, biography. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tess%20Gerritsen/author/B000AQ4IHU , n.d.; EBSCO Research Starters, Tess Gerritsen. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/tess-gerritsen , n.d.). Dr. Gerritsen began writing during maternity leave, publishing her first novel “Call After Midnight” with Harlequin Intrigue in 1987 (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Goodreads, Tess Gerritsen (Author of The Surgeon). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18149.Tess_Gerritsen , n.d.). Her medical thriller “Harvest” (1996) marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing her as the “medical suspense queen” according to Publishers Weekly (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Amazon, Tess Gerritsen: books, biography. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tess%20Gerritsen/author/B000AQ4IHU , n.d.; Publishers Weekly, All danger and glamour: PW talks with Tess Gerritsen. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/96146-all-danger-and-glamour-pw-talks-with-tess-gerritsen.html , 2024, October 14). Dr. Gerritsen’s most enduring contribution is the Rizzoli & Isles crime series, beginning with “The Surgeon” (2001), which introduced Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles across 13 novels (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Goodreads, Tess Gerritsen (Author of The Surgeon). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18149.Tess_Gerritsen , n.d.). TNT adapted the series for television, premiering July 12, 2010 and running for seven seasons and 105 episodes through September 5, 2016, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander (IMDb, Rizzoli & Isles (TV series 2010–2016). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551632 , n.d.; Deadline, ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ to end after seven seasons. https://deadline.com/2016/01/rizzoli-isles-canceled-7-seasons-1201677729/ , 2016, January 7). Her novel “Vanish” won the 2006 Nero Wolfe Award (Gerritsen, About. Tess Gerritsen Official Website. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/about , n.d.; Goodreads, Tess Gerritsen (Author of The Surgeon). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18149.Tess_Gerritsen , n.d.; LibraryThing, Author interview: Tess Gerritsen. https://blog.librarything.com/2025/03/author-interview-tess-gerritsen/ , 2025, March). Dr. Gerritsen recently launched a new spy thriller series, “The Spy Coast” (Thomas & Mercer, 2023), which was acquired by Amazon Studios for television development (BookTrib, Tess Gerritsen interview: The Spy Coast. https://booktrib.com/2023/11/08/tess-gerritsen-interview-the-spy-coast/ , 2023, November 8).