Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first New York Times bestselling novel of suspense, Harvest. She is also the author of the bestsellers Rizzoli & Isles: Die Again, Rizzoli & Isles: Last to Die, The Silent Girl, Ice Cold, The Keepsake, The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.