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About Lisa Gardner

Author Interview: July 18, 2003

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Lisa Gardner

Fast Facts:

  • Lisa Gardner sold her first novel while she was attending college.

  • Lisa Gardner has a degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Lisa Gardner wrote for Silhouette under the name Alicia Scott.

  • Lisa Gardner worked as a business consultant before she began writing full-time.

  • Several of Lisa Gardner's books have been New York Times bestsellers, including THE PERFECT HUSBAND, THE OTHER DAUGHTER, and THE THIRD VICTIM.

  • In 1995, Lisa Gardner's novel AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR was filmed for television.

  • In 2001, Lisa Gardner's novel THE PERFECT HUSBAND was filmed under the title Instinct to Kill.

  • Lisa Gardner's suspense novels have been published in numerous languages in addition to English, including French, German, Italian, and Japanese.

  • Lisa Gardner visited the FBI Academy while researching for THE KILLING HOUR.

  • THE KILLING HOUR character Alissa Sampson is named for a real person; Lisa Gardner used Sampson's name as the result of a charity auction.

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THE KILLING HOUR ("Acknowledgments")

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