Lisa Gardner is an American author

Author

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 of fiction. She is the author of several thrillers including The Killing Hour and The Next Accident. She also wrote romance novels using the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 Alicia Scott. Raised in Hillsboro, Oregon

Hillsboro, Oregon

Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that compose what has become known as the...

, she graduated from the city's Glencoe High School. As evidenced by her 2003 work, "The Killing Hour," Gardner has been heavily influenced by the box office smash and best selling book The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs (novel)

The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.- Plot summary :The novel takes...

. Her novel Gone is set in a fictionalized version of Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook, Oregon

The city of Tillamook is the county seat of Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on the southeast end of Tillamook Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The population was 4,352 at the 2000 census...

. As of 2007, Gardner lives in New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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as Lisa Gardner

FBI Profiler Series (Quincy)

• The Perfect Husband (1998), ISBN 1-56865-601-7
• The Third Victim (2001), ISBN 0-7394-1471-2
• The Next Accident (2001), ISBN 0-553-80238-0
• The Killing Hour (2003), ISBN 0-553-80252-6
• Gone (2006), ISBN 0-553-80431-6
• Say Goodbye (2008), ISBN 0-553-80433-2

Detective D.D. Warren Series

• Alone (2005), ISBN 0-553-80253-4
• Hide (2007), ISBN 0-553-80432-4
• The Neighbor (2009), ISBN 0-553-80723-3
• Live to Tell (2010), ISBN 0-553-80724-2
• Love You More (2011) ISBN 0-553-90725-7
• Catch Me (2012) ISBN 0-525-95276-4

Stand Alones

• The Other Daughter (1999), ISBN 0-7394-0414-8
• The Survivors Club (2002), ISBN 0-553-80251-8
• I'd Kill For That (2004), contributing author ISBN 0-312-93696-6

as Alicia Scott

• Marrying Mike... Again (2000), ISBN 0-373-07980-X
• Partners in Crime (1998), ISBN 0-373-65014-0
• Brandon's Bride (1998), ISBN 0-373-07837-4
• Macnamara's Woman (1997), ISBN 0-373-07813-7
• Maggie's Man (1997), ISBN 0-373-07776-9
• The One Who Almost Got Away (1996), ISBN 0-373-07723-8
• The One Worth Waiting For (1996), ISBN 0-373-07713-0
• The Quiet One (1996), ISBN 0-373-07701-7
• Hiding Jessica (1995), ISBN 0-373-07668-1
• At the Midnight Hour (1995), ISBN 0-373-07658-4
• Waking Nightmare (1994), ISBN 0-373-07586-3
• Shadow's Flame (1994), ISBN 0-373-07546-4
• Walking After Midnight (1992), ISBN 0-373-07466-2

External links

• Official homepage
• Fantastic fiction - Alicia Scott
• Lisa Gardner on MySpace
• Book review - Hide
• Alicia Scott TV Movie - At The Midnight Hour
• Lisa Gardner TV Credits