Tess Gerritsen

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Tess Gerritsen (2005)

Tess Gerritsen (born June 12, 1953 in San Diego , California ) is an American writer . Her international breakthrough came in 1996 with the thriller Cold Hearts . The television series Rizzoli & Isles on TNT and VOX is based on the series Maura Isles & Jane Rizzoli by Gerritsen.

Life

Gerritsen during a book signing (2009)

Tess Gerritsen grew up in San Diego ( California ) and studied medicine at Stanford University and the University of California in San Francisco . In 1979 she passed her exams and then worked as an internist in Honolulu ( Hawaii ). During the first pregnancy , Gerritsen decided not to work as a doctor anymore, but to take care of the upbringing of the children. At the same time, she started writing and submitted a short story to a literary competition, for which she was awarded first prize. Entitled call after Midnight 1987 published her first book, then followed eight more romantic thriller . Gerritsen also wrote the screenplay for Adrift , which was presented as Movie of the Week in 1993 by the television station CBS .

In the following years Gerritsen switched to the medical genre, which is a connection to her earlier work. Tess Gerritsen achieved her international breakthrough with Harvest (German title: Kalte Herzen ) in 1996. The thriller is about the doctor Abby , who, while working in the clinic, has to recognize that transplanted organs come from dubious sources. According to his own statement, the stories of a retired police officer about organ trafficking in Russia were the main reason for the story. Harvest reached a placement on the bestseller list of the New York Times , Gerritsen sold the film rights to Paramount Pictures or DreamWorks . Observers classified the book and the following works as a pathologist crime , in which the role of forensic medicine is particularly emphasized. After Harvest , Tess Gerritsen published various other works in this genre such as Life Support (German Red Angel ) or Bloodstream (German Trügerische Ruhe ), of which a total of over 25 million copies had been sold in 40 countries by spring 2014.

In 2004 Gerritsen founded the so-called Rizzoli & Isles series with Die Chirurgin . The first volume is about a sex offender who his victims before killing a gynecological undergoing surgery. Like her previous books, the thriller also became a bestseller. In the center of the plot of the series are the police officer Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles , where the works of Gerritsen basis for the television series Rizzoli & Isles of Warner Bros. Television were. In the spring of 2014 it was announced that Gerritsen demanded further income from the American studio Warner Bros. from the movie Gravity . In 1999 she had assigned the rights to her book Gravity to a Warner production company. However, doubts were publicly expressed as to whether the film was really based on Gerritsen's book. Gerritsen has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Los Angeles .

Gerritsen now lives in Camden, Maine and has two children. According to her own statements from 2011, she no longer wants to return to her previous job as a doctor .

Awards

In addition, Vanish was nominated for both the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Macavity Award .

Works

Early works

  • The secret laboratory . Mira Taschenbuchverlag, 2004. (Original title: Whistleblower , 1992, translated by MR Heinze and Margret Krätzig), ISBN 3-89941-142-0 . (Together with Fatal Syringes in the anthology White Files .)
  • Lethal syringes . Mira Taschenbuchverlag, 2004. (Original title: Under The Knife , 1990, translated by MR Heinze and Margret Krätzig), ISBN 3-89941-142-0 . (Together with The Secret Laboratory in the collection of White Files .)
  • The call came after midnight . Cora-Verlag, Hamburg 2007 (original title: Call after Midnight , translated by Roy Gottwald), ISBN 978-3-89941-327-4 .
  • The master thief . Weltbild, Augsburg 2005 (original title: Thief of Hearts , translated by Patrick Hansen), ISBN 3-89941-253-2 .
  • Dangerous desire . Cora-Verlag, Hamburg 2005 (original title: Presumed Guilty , translated by Barbara Minden), ISBN 3-89941-189-7 .
  • Treason in Paris . Cora-Verlag, Hamburg 2005 (original title: In Their Footsteps , translated by Gisela Schmitt), ISBN 3-89941-174-9 .
  • Never say die . Cora-Verlag, Hamburg 2007 (original title: Never Say Die , translated by MR Heinze), ISBN 978-3-89941-386-1 .
  • Fear in your eyes . Cora-Verlag, Hamburg 2009 (original title: Keeper of the Bride , translated by Emma Luxx), ISBN 978-3-89941-627-5 .

Medical thrillers and detective novels

  • Good night, Peggy Sue . Blanvalet, Munich 1999 (original title: Peggy Sue Got Murdered , translated by Christine Frauendorf-Mössel), ISBN 3-442-35136-7 .
  • Deceptive calm . Blanvalet, Munich 1999 (original title: Bloodstream , translated by Andreas Jäger), ISBN 3-442-35213-4 .
  • Red angel . Blanvalet, Munich 2000 (original title: Life Support , translated by Klaus Kamberger), ISBN 3-442-35285-1 .
  • In the balance . Blanvalet, Munich 2001 (original title: Gravity , translated by Andreas Jäger), ISBN 3-442-35337-8 .
  • Cold hearts . Blanvalet, Munich 2003 (original title: Harvest , translated by Kristian Lutze), ISBN 3-442-35880-9 .
  • Corpse robbery . Blanvalet, Munich 2010 (original title: The Bone Garden , translated by Andreas Jäger), ISBN 978-3-442-37226-3 .
  • Song of the dead . Limes, Munich 2016 (Original title: Playing with Fire , translated by Andreas Jäger), ISBN 978-3-8090-2670-9 .
  • The call came after midnight . HarperCollins, Hamburg 2017, (Original title: Call after Midnight , translated by Ivonne Senn), ISBN 978-3-95967-109-5 .
  • The shadow house . Limes, Munich 2020 (original title: The Shape of Night , translated by Andreas Jäger), ISBN 978-3-8090-2716-4 .

Rizzoli & Isles Thriller

Web links

Commons : Tess Gerritsen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Angela Gatterburg: Doctor as a crime star . In: Spiegel Special , October 4, 2005, accessed on August 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Tess Gerritsen's bestseller about Rizzoli & Isles as a TV series . ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Buch.de Blog , March 9, 2012, accessed on August 4, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.buch.de
  3. ^ The doctor will scare you now . Stanford Medicine, accessed August 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b c biography . Official Tess Gerritsen website, accessed August 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b c Tess Gerritsen - successful crime writer and doctor . In: Ärzte Zeitung , October 13, 2011, accessed on August 5, 2014.
  6. ^ Claire E. White: A Conversation With Tess Gerritsen . In: Writers Write , 2001, accessed August 5, 2014.
  7. ^ A b Tess Gerritsen and David Mallett to Receive University of Maine Honorary Degrees, Speak at Commencement . The University of Maine, April 15, 2014, accessed August 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ A surgeon as a target . In: Rheinische Post , February 9, 2005.
  9. ↑ Cold hearts . In: Krimi-Couch , accessed on August 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ Tess Gerritsen: Harvest . Random House, February 29, 2012 ( Introduction , Google eBook).
  11. ↑ Best Sellers . In: The New York Times , accessed August 5, 2014.
  12. ↑ Jürgen Knaube: American fears . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 12, 2013, p. 26.
  13. ↑ The surgeon . In: Netzeitung , October 6, 2004.
  14. ↑ The bestsellers of the week . In: Stern , June 9, 2004.
  15. ↑ A new case for Rizzoli and Isles . In: Haller Tagblatt , May 4, 2013.
  16. ↑ Author, Stanford Graduate Sues Warner Bros. Over Profits From Hit Film Gravity . In: CBS LOCAL , May 2, 2014, accessed August 5, 2014.
  17. ↑ Ted Johnson: Gravity Author Tess Gerritsen Claims Warner Bros. Movie Was Based on Her Book . In: Variety , April 29, 2014, accessed August 5, 2014.
  18. ^ Comprehensive List of RITA Winners . ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Romance Writers of America, accessed January 26, 2009 (no longer available). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eweb.rwanational.org
  19. ^ The Nero Award Press Release . ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Nero Wolfe, accessed on January 26, 2009 (English, no longer available). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nerowolfe.org
  20. ↑ Edgar Awards , accessed on August 5, 2014.
  21. ^ Macavity Awards . Mystery Readers International, accessed August 5, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Gerritsen, Tess
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego