I find Tess Gerritsen as intriguing as one of her books. Educated at Stanford she then trained as a doctor at the University of California. Whilst on maternity leave she began to write and that is when her second career began to take off.
Her first novel, a romantic thriller, was published in 1987. She wrote a total of nine romantic books, before settling into the medical thriller genre. Her first of these, Harvest, won nationwide acclaim. So far she has written ten from this genre, including the Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles series with a new one coming out soon.
I love her books. I've not read any of her romantic ones (though I should) but I have read the medical thrillers which I thought I never would (or could). The main characters are women. Gritty courageous women at that. She has won Best Romantic Suspense Novel with The Surgeon which is the first novel featuring the plucky Jane Rizzoli.
She has a website and blog which gives a fascinating insight into the world of a published writer.
Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles Series (read in order)
The Surgeon (2001)
The Apprentice (2002)
The Sinner (2003)
Body Double (2004)
Vanish (2005)
The Mephisto Club (2005)
Medical Thrillers (read in any order)
Harvest (1996)
Life Support (1997)
Bloodstream (1998)
Gravity (1999)
The Bone Garden (2007)
Romantic Suspense Novels
Call After Midnight (1987)
Under The Knife (1990)
Never Say Die (1992)
Whistleblower (1992)
Presumed Guilty (1993)
In Their Footsteps (1994)
Peggy Sue Got Murdered (1994)
Thief Of Hearts (1995)
Keeper Of The Bride (1996)