Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsenis an American novelist and retired physician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 June 1953
CountryUnited States of America
finds measure work writers
It's what all writers dream of, that our work finds a measure of immortality that long outlives the words of any critic.
barbara larry life says throughout
'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry and 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver have stuck with me throughout my life, and I think that says a lot about an author's writing.
bound mom needle since stories wrote
I'd been writing stories since I was a child. I wrote little books for my mom and bound them myself with needle and thread. Mostly, they were about my pets.
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.
forgotten
Only the forgotten are truly dead.
gamble
Everything's a gamble, love most of all.
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.
motherhood stronger vulnerable
Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.