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'I am a bad mother.' Every Christmas, this is what I think because the holiday season fills me with such anxiety. I'm sure that other... →
Alzheimer's is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this 'crime' is through a groundswell of people who continue to raise... →
Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me... →
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing... →
'Ice Cold' is the eighth in my 'Rizzoli and Isles' thriller series. It was inspired by a true occurrence in the 1960s, now known as... →
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later... →
Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the best background because we see... →
My mother is an immigrant from China, and she filled my head with stories about ghosts and fighting monks in China, so the world of 'Crouching... →
There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see one's true colors shine through. So I try my... →
My dad was Chinese-American and very conservative when it came to his family's futures. He said if I wanted to have a secure job, I should go... →
My brother often complains to me about the 'angry Asian male' in the United States. As a female, I haven't encountered this, but... →
I think fiction, for me, is a way of trying to understand why people do the things they do - and trying to explain what is, at heart, illogical.
My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors.
Tess Gerritsen (born June 12, 1953) is an American novelist and retired physician.