Tess Gerritsen 2016 08 11

Skidompha Library International bestselling author Tess Gerritsen returned to Skidompha Librarys Chats with Champions program on August 11, 2016. The room was packed with her fans and Tess was in rare form Whether talking about storytelling in general or her latest book, Playing with Fire, Tess Gerritsen s an engrossing author who is also an engaging speaker. Shermans Maine Coast Book Shop sponsored this Chat. Gerritsen began to write fiction while on maternity leave from her work as a physician. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. Her first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997), Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (200