Kathy Reichs

b. 1948

2 series 17 books in order 1998–2014

Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs (née Toelle, born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, academic, and forensic anthropologist. She works 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, she is a native of Chicago and received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal and serves as a frequent expert witness in criminal trials. She is known for inspiring the television series Bones. As of January 2019, she has written 23 novels, 20 of which are part of the "Temperance Brennan" series. Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. The fictional character Temperance "Tempe" Brennan is a forensic anthropologist who mirrors aspects of Reichs' life, though there are differences in their personal experiences. Reichs has also co-written the young adult series Virals with her son Brendan. She has written a stand-alone novel titled Two Nights.

Born

1948

Active years

1998–2014

Known for

Temperance Brennan, Virals

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