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Kathy Reichs

Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs (PhD) (née Toelle, born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, academic and forensic anthropologist 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 province of Quebec. She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. A professor of anthropology at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal and is a frequent expert witness in criminal trials.
She is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.

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In addition to technical books, as of January 2019, Reichs has written 23 novels, which have been translated into 30 languages. 20 of those novels constitute the "Temperance Brennan" series. Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.

The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator,with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV" and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine," but there are differences in their personal lives, such as the character's alcoholism. A good portion of the novels are based on real life science, and Reichs has stated that she is "fastidiously conscientious about getting the science right." She has used experience from her career in her novels and said about Déjà Dead that "Everything I describe in the book, I actually did." In the novel Grave Secrets, she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala.

She has also co-written (with her son Brendan) the young adult novels series named Virals, centered on Tempe's great-niece, Tory Brennan, and a pack of her friends, Ben, Hiram, Shelton, and wolfdog Cooper.

A stand-alone novel, Two Nights, published July 11, 2017, features Sunday Night, a tough-talking, scarred heroine.

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American writer and forensic anthropologist

Born July 7, 1948

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  • Cover of: Bones are forever

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American writer and forensic anthropologist

Born July 7, 1948

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Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction, Women anthropologists, fiction, Women forensic anthropologists, Romans, nouvelles, Temperance Brennan (Fictitious character), Femmes anthropologues judiciaires, Investigation, Fiction, thrillers, general, Guatemala, fiction, Medical examiners (Law), Murder, New York Times bestseller, Brennan, Temperance (Personnage fictif), Crime, fiction, Crimes against, Forensic anthropology, Missing persons, fiction, Quebec (province), fiction, Science fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Hawaii, fiction, Large type books

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Québec (Province), Hawaii, Canada, Montréal (Québec), North Carolina, Québec, Caroline du Nord, Montréal, Charlotte (N.C.), Chicago (Ill.), Guatemala, Israël, Montréal (Québec) v Fiction, N.C. Charlotte, United States

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Temperance Brennan (Fictitious character)

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Alternative names

  • KATHY REICHS
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  • Kathleen J. Reichs
  • K Reichs
  • Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs (PhD)

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August 18, 2024 Edited by Nic Ser added some info about her novels and corrected her birth date
July 21, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
February 12, 2023 Edited by madelinemarshall13 bio added
February 12, 2023 Edited by madelinemarshall13 Added new photo
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