Janet Tamaro Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. Tamaro was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on "Sleeper Cell'." In 2010, Tamaro created the TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles", which was inspired by the crime novels written by Tess Gerritsen. The series has been a hit for TNT for seven seasons and has sold into worldwide syndication. Janet Tamaro did her undergraduate study at UC Berkeley and later earned a master's degree in Journalism at Columbia University. She is married and
Rizzoli & Isles strong in the ratings, as 7.55 million viewers tuned in for the premiere episode. "Rizzoli & Isles" was the second most-watched cable program on the evening of July 12, 2010, behind its lead-in, "The Closer", which had 110,000 more viewers. The show finished the week in third behind "The Closer" and the final episode of "Deadliest Catch". The premiere set a record as the highest-rated debut for a commercial-supported cable series, and it was the second-highest debut ever for a basic cable TV series. "Rizzoli & Isles" is second only to the 2008 premiere of "Raising the Bar", which attracted