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Kathleen Joan Reichs
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| Occupation | Forensic Anthropologist Novelist Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Crime |
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| http://www.kathyreichs.com | |
Kathleen Joan "Kathy" Reichs (Template:PronEng[1]) is native of Chicago and works as a forensic anthropologist, an academic, and bestselling writer of mystery novels. She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but is currently on indefinite leave.[2] She divides her time between work for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the provinceofQuébec. She is one of only seventy-seven forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology[3] and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Her schedule also involves a number of speaking engagements around the world.
Reichs earned her Bachelors of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from American University in 1971. In 1972, she completed her Masters of Artsinphysical anthropology from Northwestern University, and in 1975 she completed her Ph.D. in physical anthropology from Northwestern University. Since then Reichs has taught at Northern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh, Concordia University, McGill University and is currently the Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[4]
Reichs has appeared in Rwanda to testify at the UN's Genocide Tribunal.[5] She has assisted Dr. Clyde Snow and the Foundation for Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology in an exhumation in the area of Lake Atitlan in the highlands of southwest Guatemala. She was a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team assigned to assist at the World Trade Center disaster.
In addition to technical books, Reichs has written eleven novels to date, which have been translated into 30 languages.[6] Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[7]
The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator[8][9], with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV"[8] and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine"[9], but there are differences in their personal lives such as the character's alcoholism.[8] A good portion of the novels is based on real life science, and Reichs has stated that she is "fastidiously conscientious about getting the science right".[10] She has used experience from her career in her novels, and said about Deja Dead that "Everything I describe in the book, I actually did".[9] In the novel Grave Secrets she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala. [10]
| Title | Published | ISBNs | Notes |
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| Déjà Dead | 1997 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-925518-9 | Won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel |
| Death du Jour | 1999 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-925519-7 | |
| Deadly Decisions | 2000 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930710-3 Hardback: ISBN 0-434-00820-6 |
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| Fatal Voyage | 2001 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930720-0 Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-927-X |
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| Grave Secrets | 2002 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930730-8 Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-928-8 |
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| Bare Bones | 2003 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-944147-0 | |
| Monday Mourning | 2004 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-944148-9 | |
| Cross Bones | 2005 | Paperback: ISBN 0-09-944149-7 Hardback: ISBN 0-434-01040-5 Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-985-7 |
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| Break No Bones | 2006 | Hardback: ISBN 0-434-01042-1 Paperback: ISBN 0-434-01544-X |
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| Bones to Ashes | 2007 | Hardback: ISBN 978-0434014620 Paperback: ISBN 978-1416525653 | |
| Devil Bones | 2008 | Hardback: ISBN 978-0743294386 |
A 2005 FOX television series, Bones, is inspired by Reichs' life and writing.[11] The series borrows the name of the books' heroine, Temperance "Bones" Brennan.[12] As in the books, Temperance (Emily Deschanel) is a forensic anthropologist, however there are many differences, the character is younger and a bit of a "social nerd"[12], the television series is based in Washington, D.C.[12] and Brennan moonlights as an author[11], writing about a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.[13] The TV series does not tie in with the book series.
Reichs works as a producer on the show to "keep the science honest"[12] and has appeared in the episode Judas on a Pole, in which she played Professor Constance Wright, a forensic anthropologist on the board performing Zack Addy's Thesis Defense.[14] Because of her involvement with the TV series she had to give up working with the military and UN.[12]
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