![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by the romance novels she enjoyed reading while working as a doctor, Gerritsen's first novels were romantic thrillers. Gerritsen claimed the story allowed her to deal with her own childhood turmoil, including the repeated suicide attempts of her mother. The story focused on a young male reflecting on a difficult relationship with his mother. Her story, "On Choosing the Right Crack Seed", won first prize and she received $500. While on maternity leave, she submitted a short story to a statewide fiction contest in the magazine Honolulu. She received her medical degree in 1979 and started work as a physician in Honolulu, Hawaii. She went on to study medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1975, Gerritsen graduated from Stanford University with a BA in anthropology, intrigued by the ranges of human behavior. Although she longed to be a writer, her family had reservations about the sustainability of a writing career, prompting Gerritsen to choose a career in medicine. Her first name is Terry she decided to feminize it when she was a writer of romance novels. While growing up in San Diego, California, Gerritsen often dreamt of writing her own Nancy Drew novels. ![]() Tess Gerritsen is the child of a Chinese immigrant and a Chinese-American seafood chef. ![]() Tess Gerritsen (born Terry Tom J) is the pseudonym of Terry Gerritsen, an American novelist and retired general physician. Stanford University, University of California, San Francisco ![]()
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