Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsenis an American novelist and retired physician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 June 1953
CountryUnited States of America
bad critic hard heads last looking reader sentence shaking shoulder turned
Writing is hard for me, ... every critic and reader in the world is looking over my shoulder and shaking their heads about how bad that last sentence turned out.
encouraged strongly
My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors.
explain people trying
I think fiction, for me, is a way of trying to understand why people do the things they do - and trying to explain what is, at heart, illogical.
familiar filled ghosts head hidden immigrant monks stories
My mother is an immigrant from China, and she filled my head with stories about ghosts and fighting monks in China, so the world of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' was a very familiar one.
chinese fit san school understood
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what it was like to be different, to always want to fit in and never feel like you ever could.
case gotten island serious twelve
After twelve years of living in Hawaii, I'd gotten a serious case of 'rock fever.' I just couldn't live on an island any longer.
forgotten
Only the forgotten are truly dead.
childhood library becoming
My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!
christmas offering light
The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.
gamble
Everything's a gamble, love most of all.
lonely heart night
The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.
detectives problem harassment
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of sexual harassment, countercharges of unrelenting bitchiness.
enemy world dangerous
The most dangerous enemy in the world is the one you do not recognize.
motherhood stronger vulnerable
Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.