Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner is an American author of fiction. She is the author of several thrillers including The Killing Hour and The Next Accident. She also wrote romance novels using the pseudonym Alicia Scott. Raised in Hillsboro, Oregon, she graduated from the city's Glencoe High School. Her novel Gone is set in a fictionalized version of Tillamook, Oregon. As of 2007, Gardner lives in New Hampshire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
sloppiness youth no-excuses
Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.
strong clever believe
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.
age borders internet
I don't know much about international policing and I would love to learn more. Especially in this day and age when the Internet is rapidly reducing borders and crime can happen on a larger scale than ever before. These things intrigue me.
simple answers able
Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?
may-not-be-perfect moments enough
Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.
letting-go mother father
Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.
giving-up giving firsts
Whomever speaks first gives up some power.
hunters hunted
You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.
inspirational velvet expect-nothing
Expect nothing and life will be velvet.
suspense-novels novelists suspense
Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.
men female difficult
It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.
kids disease becoming
Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.
parent secret vices
My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.
war cop novel
Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now.