Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen is an American novelist and physician who started out writing romantic suspense novels before moving onto medical thrillers in 1996 with Harvest . In her medical thrillers, she is known for her graphic detail of autopsy scenes. In 2001, she begun her Rizzoli & Isles series featuring Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles which has been most of her novels since that time.