About Gerri
Gerri Lewis started her career as a freelance writer and has published over 1,600 features, news stories, obituaries, and columns. Along with her novels, she continues to write features for 068 Magazine. Her cover stories appear regularly and her HOW WE MET column was a popular staple of the magazine for many years. Her accolades include feature-writing awards from the New England Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists, among others. Gerri lives with her husband in her hometown of Ridgefield, Connecticut, the setting for her Deadly Deadlines Mysteries.


News & Interviews
Hamlet Hub: “A Conversation with Ridgefield’s Literary Sleuth, Gerri Lewis”
The Ridgefield Press: “New mystery novel set in Ridgefield is inspired by author’s hometown and time as an obituary writer”
Shout Out: “Gerri Lewis publishes ‘The Last Word’, a mystery set in Ridgefield”
Events
2025
May 30
Jungle Red Writers Post with Hallie Ephron
June 10
Release day of Grave Words
Launch event TBA
June 12
Dru’s Book Musing Feature
June 18, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble store opening
Southbury, CT
June 20, 8:30 a.m.
Thrillerfest Panel
NYC
June 30, 7:00 p.m.
Ridgefield Library
Ridgefield, CT
Book Clubs
Thank you to Southport, NC for your virtual invite and thank you to Dover, NH for an in-person book club invite—both in September.
For Zoom and in-person requests—reach out to gerrilewis@gerrilewis.com.