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Meg Gardiner
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.
Books:
 Kill Chain, October 2008
Crosscut, September 2008
Jericho Point, August 2008
Mission Canyon, July 2008
China Lake, June 2008
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