Meg Gardiner
http://www.meggardiner.com
Born into a family of lawyers and musicians, Meg Gardiner
learned early on the power of a convincing story, lyrically
told. Originally from Oklahoma, she grew up in Santa
Barbara, California, with two sisters and a brother who
recall her as "skinny," and "taller than me."
Meg ran cross-country in high school and performed as a mime
before mimes became annoying. She spent summers visiting
Roswell, New Mexico, without encountering space aliens, or
so she has been instructed to tell people.
At Stanford University, she lettered in track and earned a
degree in Economics. She went on to graduate from Stanford
Law School and to practice law in Los Angeles.
When her children were young she realized that mixing
toddlers and law would drive her clinically insane, and so
began writing short stories, song lyrics and a magazine
column on music. But as these didn't pay off her student
loans, she became a contestant on TV quiz shows. A
three-time Jeopardy! champion, she extended her
winning streak on The Challengers with Dick Clark.
Later she taught legal writing at the University of
California, Santa Barbara.
After moving to England she began documenting her travels in
a journal, titled Hitchhiking in Lion Country, or Stupid
Things I Have Done in Zambia. Entries include "Damn,
That Cliff is Steep" and With the Kids at the Cobra
Petting Zoo." She lacked the insurance to keep this
up, however, and so she sought new thrills. Too squeamish
to rob convenience stores, she took up crime writing. Her
first novel, China Lake, was published in 2002.
She currently lives with her husband, Paul Shreve, and their
three children near London.
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Books
The Memory Collector
June 1, 2010
The second pulse-pounding thriller in Meg
Gardiner’s Jo Beckett series, whose "thrilling,"1
"crackerjack,"2 "adrenaline-filled"3 debut was an
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association bestseller.
Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett’s specialty is the
psychological autopsy—an investigation into a
person’s Read more...
The Dirty Secrets Club
June 2, 2009
With this breakout novel, the Meg Gardiner fan club is
growing...
A string of high-profile murder-suicides has San Francisco
more rattled than the string of recent earthquakes. Hired by
the SFPD to shed light Read more...
Kill Chain
(An Evan Delaney Novel)
October 7, 2008
When Evan Delaney finds her father's car at the bottom of a
ravine, the police suspect suicide—but there's no body.
Evan's suspicions of something sinister are confirmed when
she receives a call from Read more...
Crosscut
(An Evan Delaney Novel)
September 2, 2008
Evan Delaney knew China Lake was a tough place to grow up.
But she never knew how tough until now—she returns to
the desert military base for her high school reunion, and
learns Read more...
Jericho Point
(An Evan Delaney Novel)
August 5, 2008
When a woman's body washes up on the shore of California's
Jericho Point, she's identified as Evan Delaney. Except that
Evan is very much alive—apparently the victim of an
identity thief who'd been Read more...
Mission Canyon
(An Evan Delaney Novel)
July 1, 2008
After a hit-and-run accident leaves a friend dead, Evan
Delaney wants justice. But she underestimates the power of
the person responsible. When the witnesses begin dying one
by one, Evan is unprepared for Read more...
China Lake
(An Evan Delaney Novel)
June 3, 2008
Finally available in the U.S.
Evan Delaney learns that not only has her ex-sister-in-law
joined a religious cult, but the unstable young mother plans
to regain custody of her son and disappear with Read more...
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