Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner is an American author 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 Alicia Scott. Raised in Hillsboro, Oregon, she graduated from the city's Glencoe High School. Her novel Gone is set in a fictionalized version of Tillamook, Oregon. As of 2007, Gardner lives in New Hampshire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational velvet expect-nothing
Expect nothing and life will be velvet.
hunters hunted
You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.
giving-up giving firsts
Whomever speaks first gives up some power.
letting-go mother father
Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.
men laughing complaining
Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.
may-not-be-perfect moments enough
Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.
thinking arrogant world
What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all.
mother daughter my-daughter
Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.
simple answers able
Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?
action tendencies
I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.
men female difficult
It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.
kids disease becoming
Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.
mother father perfectly-normal
My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.
men gun more-time
Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.