Tess Gerritsen https://tessgerritsen.com Internationally Bestselling Author Tess Gerritsen Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:29:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 My “By the Book” piece in the New York Times https://tessgerritsen.com/my-by-the-book-piece-in-the-new-york-times/ https://tessgerritsen.com/my-by-the-book-piece-in-the-new-york-times/#respond Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:28:58 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5200 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/books/review/tess-gerritsen-by-the-book-interview.html?smid=tw-share

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/my-by-the-book-piece-in-the-new-york-times/feed/ 0 “A seductive shapeshifter of a novel” https://tessgerritsen.com/a-seductive-shapeshifter-of-a-novel/ https://tessgerritsen.com/a-seductive-shapeshifter-of-a-novel/#respond Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:15:46 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5197 A rave review for CHOOSE ME in the Wall Street Journal:  Boston is the setting of “Choose Me” (Thomas & Mercer, 320 pages, $24.95), a seamless collaboration between authors Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver. Police detectives Frances “Frankie” Loomis and her partner, MacClennan, have come to investigate the death of 22-year-old Taryn Moore, a college student who […]

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/a-seductive-shapeshifter-of-a-novel/feed/ 0 It started over cocktails https://tessgerritsen.com/it-started-over-cocktails/ https://tessgerritsen.com/it-started-over-cocktails/#respond Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:15:04 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5193 A few years ago, novelist Gary Braver and I were at a Boston bookstore Christmas party. We’ve been friends for about 25 years, and we started talking about the #MeToo movement, which was then in the news. Maybe it was the wine, or the easy camaraderie of writers sharing stories, but I said, “Wouldn’t it […]

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/it-started-over-cocktails/feed/ 0 Discussion questions for CHOOSE ME https://tessgerritsen.com/discussion-questions-for-choose-me/ https://tessgerritsen.com/discussion-questions-for-choose-me/#respond Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:00:52 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5189 If your book club is discussing CHOOSE ME, these might get some lively conversations going! Is Taryn a victim? A villain? Or both? Do you personally know anyone like Taryn Moore? How did the course Taryn took with Jack (“Star-crossed Lovers”) relate to the storyline and characters? Do you think that the punishment for Jack […]

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/discussion-questions-for-choose-me/feed/ 0 Crimespree TV: The real meaning of CHOOSE ME https://tessgerritsen.com/crimespree-tv-the-real-meaning-of-choose-me/ https://tessgerritsen.com/crimespree-tv-the-real-meaning-of-choose-me/#respond Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:57:13 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5181 Crimespree TV: Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/crimespree-tv-the-real-meaning-of-choose-me/feed/ 0 How I write my novels https://tessgerritsen.com/how-i-wrote-my-novels/ https://tessgerritsen.com/how-i-wrote-my-novels/#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:26:49 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5177 A brand-new Apple podcast about how I write my novels:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-81-how-tess-gerritsen-writes/id1484859401?i=1000525845344    

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/how-i-wrote-my-novels/feed/ 0 Tackling Sensitive Topics in a Novel https://tessgerritsen.com/tackling-sensitive-topics-in-a-novel/ https://tessgerritsen.com/tackling-sensitive-topics-in-a-novel/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:37:36 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.com/?p=5171 My fellow author Gary Braver and I discuss the risks and challenges of writing about a controversial topic. Something we did in our new novel, CHOOSE ME.   “In a way it was dangerous because we are treading on sensitive ground and stirring up people because we dealt with this topic,” Gerritsen says. “But our […]

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/tackling-sensitive-topics-in-a-novel/feed/ 0 Watch our film Magnificent Beast https://tessgerritsen.com/watch-our-film-magnificent-beast/ https://tessgerritsen.com/watch-our-film-magnificent-beast/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:30:48 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.wpengine.com/?p=5150 Many of you know about this fun and crazy project I’ve been working on for the past few years, a feature documentary film called Magnificent Beast I invite you to our first virtual screening event! For ten days you’ll have exclusive access to the very first showing of our film. The screening runs from February […]

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/watch-our-film-magnificent-beast/feed/ 0 Cover reveal for my new book: CHOOSE ME https://tessgerritsen.com/cover-reveal-for-my-new-book-choose-me/ https://tessgerritsen.com/cover-reveal-for-my-new-book-choose-me/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:57:00 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.wpengine.com/?p=5146 Coming in summer 2021: a sexy new thriller CHOOSE ME, written in collaboration with my old pal Gary Braver. It’s a story told from both a man’s and a woman’s points of view, and who better to tell that story than both a man and a woman?

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]]> https://tessgerritsen.com/cover-reveal-for-my-new-book-choose-me/feed/ 0 In League with Sherlock Holmes https://tessgerritsen.com/in-league-with-sherlock-holmes/ https://tessgerritsen.com/in-league-with-sherlock-holmes/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:30:00 +0000 https://tessgerritsen.wpengine.com/?p=5141 I’ve contributed a story “What My Father Never Told Me” to a collection of short stories called IN LEAGUE WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES. I had a fun time exploring the question: what if Professor Moriarty was the real hero? What if Conan Doyle got it all wrong?

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