Biography
Tess Gerriten - American writer who became famous for the creation of medical thrillers. Medic on education, she quickly ranked her niche in modern classical literature, her novels regularly replenish the list of bestsellers, and interesting stories disassembled on quotes. The books Tess are reading Stephen King, as well as Russian masters of Anna detective and Sergey Litvinov.Childhood and youth
The future writer was born in the American city of San Diego in 1953. Her parents are emigrants from China, they were engaged in a restaurant business. The grandfather of the mother was famous in China by the poet. At birth, the girl received the name of Terry, subsequently she changed it on a pseudonym.
The family lived in the area where, besides them, there were no Asians. In school, Tess did not find mutual understanding with classmates, so I understood it early that we would have to achieve hard work in life. Interestingly, from an early age, a girl dreamed of three professions - a doctor, writer, cosmonaut and an FBI agent, two of whom managed to implement.
After school, Tess entered the University of Stanford, who graduated from 1975. She received a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Improve the skills in their specialty the girl continued in the University of California, which is located in San Francisco. The medical degree Tess received after 4 years.
Books
The first job of the future writer was the clinic, located in Hawaii, the city of Honolulu. Tess worked by a physician. In the future, together with his spouse, he opened his own medical office. In addition to work, Tess paid a lot of time to read, romantic novels loved. Over time, love for literature has displaced all the rest of Herrutin's hobbies.The literary biography of the writer began an unusual way. Being on leave to care for the child, Tess became a participant in the literary competition. Her story about a young man who cannot find a common language with his mother, brought the novice writer 1st place and the prize of $ 500.
In 1987, Tesss Herrutin presented to the court readers the first book - Thriller "Call after midnight." After him, there were another 9-minded novels, and then the writer changed the theme of the works, contacting the medical topic that was understood.
The first thriller written in the new style was the book of "Harvest", which immediately produced Furore among lovers of such literature. At the end of the 90s, the following parts of the rabies book cycle, "fever", "Chimera" appeared on the store shelves.
In 2001, the novel "Surgeon" was published, in which the heroine of Jane Rizzoli appeared, working in a detective and revealing confusing crimes. The following 10 books of the author were devoted to the character, among whom were "student", "sinner", "double", "suicide".
In the future, the plot of the popular series lay on the basis of the television series "Rizzoli and Isles" ("Rizzoli & Isles"), on which Tess also worked on the scenario. The premiere of the screen is held in 2010 on the TNT channel. In the same year, the writer's bibliography was replenished with a novel "Liberate Place", after which the books "Coffin silence" appeared, "survive to die", "die again." In 2017, Tess issued the work "I know the secret."
Personal life
Personal life Tess has developed happily. The writer's husband was still in young years old was her colleague - Medic Jacob Gerritern. Spouses one time worked together in the hospital. But when the firstborn came in the family, Tess realized that he could not combine motherhood and work. She left medicine for the last of the Second Son and devoted himself to raising children. At that time, a woman and began his way in the literature.
Now the Herrutin family lives in Maine, Camden. In the book-free time, TESss loves to play the violin. The writer ordered the tool in Canada, according to her, the violin sounds powerfully, which allows you to play even in noisy companies.
The writer often takes her with him on travel around the world. For example, in Ireland, Gerriten produced Furore what was in pubs, where the cheerful atmosphere always reigns. For the favorite tool, Tess even wrote an Incendio play, which was recorded by a professional violinist. Also, the writer owns the game on the piano.
Children of the writer grew creative people. One of the sons is engaged in documentary. In 2017, Tess, together with him, worked on a documentary tape, telling about various breeds of pigs.
Tess Gerriten now
In 2018, the premiere of the horror film "Zero Island", the scenario for which was created by Tess Gerriten. Also, the writer travels to various countries with book tours. Now the book of Night is being prepared for the output. The edition will appear in October 2019. Photo cover of the work Woman has already placed on a page in "Instagram".Bibliography
- 1987 - "Call after midnight"
- 1994 - "By their footsteps"
- 1996 - "Harvest"
- 2001 - "Surgeon"
- 2005 - "Summermen"
- 2007 - "Garden of Bones"
- 2010 - "Libe Place"
- 2012 - "Survive to die"
- 2014 - "Dish again"
- 2017 - "I know the secret"