19th Annual Southwest Author Series

An Evening With Author Tess Gerritsen

Presented in partnership with the Rotary Club of Dr. Phillips

Tess Gerritsen is a New York Times bestselling author and retired physician who writes medical thrillers, suspense novels, and spy thrillers.

Friday, April 24, 2026, 7 p.m.
Southwest Branch

Join us for the 19th Annual Southwest Author Series featuring Tess Gerritsen. This event is free and registration is required, as seating will be limited. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and light refreshments will be served. Author presentation begins at 7 p.m. with book signing to follow. Select book titles will be available for sale sponsored by the Friends of the Orange County Library System.


Trained as a medical doctor, Tess Gerritsen built a second career as an internationally bestselling novelist. Her 32 novels include The Summer Guests, The Spy Coast, Gravity, and The Surgeon. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon). Time Magazine named The Surgeon one of the best mystery/thrillers ever written. Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the hit TNT television series “Rizzoli & Isles.” Her novels are translated into 40 languages and more than 40 million copies have been sold around the world. She lives in Maine.

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Previous Southwest Author Series Events

Victoria Christopher Murray is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author.

Friday, April 11, 2025, 7 p.m.
Southwest Branch

New York Times and USA Today best selling author of more than 30 novels, including the New York Times Instant Best Sellers, The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies. Both novels, Victoria co-wrote with Marie Benedict.

Join us for the 19th Annual Southwest Author Series featuring Tess Gerritsen. Presented in partnership with the Rotary Club of Dr. Phillips. This event is free and registration is required, as seating will be limited. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and light refreshments will be served. Author presentation begins at 7 p.m. with book signing to follow. Select book titles will be available for sale sponsored by the Friends of the Orange County Library System.

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Southwest Author Series

Featuring Tess Gerritsen

Registration Required
Friday April 24 7:00pm

Southwest Branch (Southwest - Ask at Desk)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

Join us for the 19th Annual Southwest Author Series featuring Tess Gerritsen. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Book sale and signing to follow. Presented in partnership with the Rotary Club of Dr. Phillips.

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