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
men laughing complaining
Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.
may-not-be-perfect moments enough
Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.
thinking arrogant world
What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all.
mother daughter my-daughter
Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.
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?
action tendencies
I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.
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.
mother father perfectly-normal
My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.
men gun more-time
Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.
children sacrifice men
It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will?
book numbers answers
I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions.
unique phones suspense
I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.
strong character thinking
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.