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
Tess Gerritsen kidnapped children were being shipped abroad as organ donors. "Harvest" was Gerritsen's first hardcover novel, and it marked her debut on the "New York Times" bestseller list at number thirteen. Following "Harvest", Gerritsen wrote three more bestselling medical thrillers: "Life Support", "Bloodstream", and "Gravity". In 2001, Gerritsen's first crime thriller, "The Surgeon", was published and introduced homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. Although a secondary character in "The Surgeon", Rizzoli has been a central focus of ten subsequent novels (see below) pairing her with medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The books inspired the "Rizzoli & Isles" television series starring Angie Harmon and