Tess Gerritsen
@tessgerritsen
Thriller novelist, traveler, gardener, proud Mainer. Oh, and medical doctor. Author of the Rizzoli & Isles series and the Martini Club series.
Am I coming to your neighborhood? Check out my book tour schedule. I'll be in Maine, Arizona, and southern California:
Are these or are these not trilobites? (Spotted on a stone pillar in a ramen restaurant in Trieste.) You never know what you might see when you’re idly waiting for a bowl of noodles.
Thrilled to meet Paolo Fazioli (founder of Fazioli pianos) in Italy today. I’ve owned one of his wonderful pianos for two decades. And here I am with the very first piano he ever made. It has to be close to 50 years old.
If you’re feeling discouraged by the publishing world, here’s the rejection letter for LORD OF THE RINGS. Tolkien’s trilogy was judged “too Nordic” for the publisher’s taste. (Spotted today in a wonderful Tolkien exhibit in Trieste.)
In Padua’s medical museum, I came across a relic from a time when “trust your immunity” was our only defense against viruses. And some people call it the good old days.
The world is in crisis. The Supreme Court decision is freaking me out. But there’s this.
Munich! Full house at Amerikahaus for the last event of the tour.
On book tour in Germany for THE SUMMER GUESTS with the wonderful Margarete Von Schwarzkopf and actor Julia Nachtmann.
The line to get into a bookstore! Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal is so famous that people (including me) pay 10 Euros just to get a peek and maybe buy a book.
What a fun panel with Carter Wilson, Alex Finlay and Ashley Elston at Hamptons Whodunit.
Tucson Festival of the Book! Really fun thriller panel with Sandra Brown and Megan Miranda, where we found out we have a have an eerily similar approach to writing novels: we listen for the character’s voice and let them tell the story.