Tess Gerritsen

American novelist
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Tess Gerritsen

Summary

Tess Gerritsen is a human[1]. She was born in San Diego[2]. She was born on June 12, 1953[3]. She worked as a writer[4], novelist[5], physician[6], television writer[7], and essayist[8]. She ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,345 views/month, #6,863 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Born in San Diego[2], Tess Gerritsen…
  • Tess Gerritsen was born on June 12, 1953[3].
  • Tess Gerritsen held citizenship in United States[10].
  • English was Tess Gerritsen's native language[11].
  • Tess Gerritsen worked as a writer[4].
  • Tess Gerritsen worked as a novelist[5].
  • Tess Gerritsen worked as a physician[6].
  • Tess Gerritsen worked as a television writer[7].
  • Tess Gerritsen worked as an essayist[8].
  • Tess Gerritsen's field of work was literary activity[12].
  • Tess Gerritsen's field of work was detective literature[13].
  • Tess Gerritsen's field of work was thriller[14].
  • Tess Gerritsen's field of work was television screenwriting[15].
  • Tess Gerritsen's field of work was essay[16].
  • Tess Gerritsen's field of work was medicine[17].
  • Tess Gerritsen was educated at Stanford University[18].
  • Tess Gerritsen's education included a stint at University of California, San Francisco[19].
  • Tess Gerritsen was educated at Kearny High School[20].
  • Tess Gerritsen received the Crimezone Thriller Awards[21].
  • Tess Gerritsen is recorded as female[22].
  • Tess Gerritsen's instance of is recorded as human[23].
  • Tess Gerritsen's genre is romance[24].
  • Tess Gerritsen's Commons category is recorded as Tess Gerritsen[25].
  • Tess Gerritsen's family name is recorded as Gerritsen[26].
  • Tess Gerritsen's given name is recorded as Tess[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1953-06-12[30]

  • Community tags: has german audiobooks[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ead243d3-b6bf-4ba6-ba84-cb1eb6373c56[32]

Body

Origins and Family

Tess Gerritsen was born in San Diego[2]. She was born on June 12, 1953[3]. English was her native language[11].

Education

Educated at Stanford University[18], a private university[33], in United States[34], founded in 1885[35], headquartered in Stanford[36]; University of California, San Francisco[19], a public university[37], in United States[38], founded in 1873[39], headquartered in San Francisco[40]; and Kearny High School[20], a high school[41], in United States[42], founded in 1941[43].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include writer[4], novelist[5], physician[6], television writer[7], and essayist[8]. Fields of work include literary activity[12]; detective literature[13], a literary genre[44]; thriller[14], a fiction genre[45]; television screenwriting[15]; essay[16], a literary genre[46]; and medicine[17], a field of study[47].

Recognition

Tess Gerritsen received the Crimezone Thriller Awards[21].

Why It Matters

Tess Gerritsen ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,345 views/month, #6,863 of 1,000,298).[9] She has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Works attributed to her include The Surgeon[50], a written work[51] and The Sinner[52], a literary work[53].

FAQs

Where was Tess Gerritsen born?

Born in San Diego[2], Tess Gerritsen…

What did Tess Gerritsen do for work?

Tess Gerritsen worked as writer[4], novelist[5], physician[6], television writer[7], and essayist[8].

Where did Tess Gerritsen go to school?

Tess Gerritsen was educated at Stanford University[18], University of California, San Francisco[19], and Kearny High School[20].

What awards did Tess Gerritsen receive?

Honors received include Crimezone Thriller Awards[21].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [22] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [4] . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] . wikidata.org.
  17. [6] . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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