Kathy Reichs

Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs (PhD) (née Toelle, born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life and education

Kathleen Joan Toelle was born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name=eb>Template:Cite web</ref>

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from American University in 1971. In 1972, she completed her Master of Arts in physical anthropology at Northwestern University, where, in 1975, she completed her PhD, also in physical anthropology.<ref name=about/><ref name=eb/>

Academia and anthropology

Since 1975, Reichs has taught at Northern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh, Concordia University, and McGill University, and currently holds a position as professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In the past, Kathy Reichs has consulted for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina.<ref name=about>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=mostinnovative>Template:Cite web</ref>

Reichs has appeared in Tanzania to testify at the United Nations's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She has assisted 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.<ref name=about/>

She is one of 100 anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is on the board of directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She is also affiliated with the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec.<ref name=about/>

Fiction

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.<ref>Kathy Reichs book suppliers Template:Webarchive. Personal website. Retrieved 1/11/09.</ref> Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.<ref>Arthur Ellis Award – list of past winners Template:Webarchive. Crime Writers of Canada. Retrieved 1/11/09.</ref>

The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator,<ref name="birthday">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="bookpage">Template:Cite web</ref> with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV"<ref name="birthday" /> and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine,"<ref name= "bookpage" /> but there are differences in their personal lives, such as the character's alcoholism.<ref name="birthday" /> 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."<ref name="independent">Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref name="bookpage" /> In the novel Grave Secrets, she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala.<ref name= "independent" />

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Television

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The 2005 Fox television series Bones is inspired by Reichs' life and novels.<ref name="fox">Bones Show Info Template:Webarchive</ref> The series borrows the name of her books' heroine, Temperance "Bones" Brennan.<ref name="yahoo">Template:Cite web</ref> As in the books, Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a forensic anthropologist; however, there are many differences: the television character is younger, more socially awkward,<ref name="yahoo" /> and is based in the Jeffersonian, a fictionalized version of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.<ref name="yahoo" /> Additionally, the Brennan character in the TV series moonlights as an author,<ref name="fox" /> writing about a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref> Aside from the character's name and occupation, there are few similarities between the TV show and the novels.

Reichs worked as a producer on the show to "keep the science honest".<ref name="yahoo" /> She appeared in the second-season episode "Judas on a Pole", playing Professor Constance Wright, a forensic anthropologist on the Jeffersonian's board of trustees who conducts Zack Addy's dissertation defense.<ref>Bones episode Judas on a Pole at IMDb.com</ref>

Reichs wrote the season five episode, "The Witch in the Wardrobe,"<ref>Full credits for Bones episode "The Witch in the Wardrobe" at IMDb.com</ref> the season nine episode, "The Dude in the Dam," and wrote the season eleven episode, "The Stiff in the Cliff" with her daughter Kerry.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Casey Anthony murder trial

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 2011, Reichs was an expert witness in the Casey Anthony murder trial. Reichs was reluctant to get involved, but later agreed and performed a full skeletal analysis of Anthony's daughter, Caylee, but could not determine a cause of death. She concluded that there was no evidence of abuse and that the child appeared to be well-nourished.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Reichs has two daughters and a son.<ref name=Acknowledgements>Template:Cite book</ref>

Selected works

Academic papers

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Academic books

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Temperance Brennan series

No.	Title	Published	ISBNs	Notes
1	Déjà Dead	1997	Paperback: Template:ISBNT Audio CD: Template:ISBNT	About Kathy">Template:Cite web</ref> Won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel<ref name="Kathy Reichs | About Kathy"/> 1997 Kirkus Reviews – starred review<ref name="fictiondb.com">Template:Cite web</ref> 1997 Library Journal – starred review<ref name="fictiondb.com"/> 1997 Publishers Weekly – starred review<ref name="fictiondb.com"/> 1998 Dilys Award – Mystery Novel (Nominee)<ref name="fictiondb.com"/>
2	Death du Jour	1999	Paperback: Template:ISBNT Hardcover: Template:ISBNT Audio CD: Template:ISBNT
3	Deadly Décisions	2000	Paperback: Template:ISBNT Hardback: Template:ISBNT
4	Fatal Voyage	2001	Paperback: Template:ISBNT Audio CD: Template:ISBNT
5	Grave Secrets	2002	Paperback: Template:ISBNT Audio CD: Template:ISBNT
6	Bare Bones	2003	Paperback: Template:ISBNT
7	Monday Mourning	2004	Paperback: Template:ISBNT
8	Cross Bones	2005	Paperback: Template:ISBNT Hardback: Template:ISBNT Audio CD: Template:ISBNT
9	Break No Bones	2006	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT
10	Bones to Ashes	2007	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT	2007 Publishers Weekly – starred review<ref name="fictiondb.com"/>
11	Devil Bones	2008	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT Audio CD: Template:ISBNT
12	206 Bones	2009	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT
13	Spider Bones	2010	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT	Released as Mortal Remains in UK and Australia in hardback, reverted to Spider Bones for paperback release.
14	Flash and Bones	2011	Template:ISBNT
15	Bones are Forever	2012	Template:ISBNT
16	Bones of the Lost	2013	Template:ISBNT<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
17	Bones Never Lie	2014	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT
18	Speaking in Bones	2015	Hardback: Template:ISBNT	2015 LibraryReads – starred review<ref name="fictiondb.com"/>
19	The Bone Collection	2016	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT	A short story collection including First Bones (a prequel to Déjà Dead), Bones in her Pocket, Swamp Bones and Bones on Ice. These books have been numbered as 0.5, 15.5, 16.5, 17.5, respectively.<ref>GoodReads. GoodReads. Retrieved 2016/12/23.</ref>
20	A Conspiracy of Bones	2020	Hardback: Template:ISBNT	2020 Booklist – starred review 2020 Publishers Weekly – starred review<ref name="fictiondb.com"/>
21	The Bone Code	July 2021	Hardback: Template:ISBN Paperback: Template:ISBN	2021 LibraryReads – starred review<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
22	Cold, Cold Bones	July 2022	Hardback:
23	The Bone Hacker	August 2023	Hardback:
24	Fire and Bones	August 2024	Hardback:

Stand-alone books

No.	Title	Published	ISBNs	Notes
1	Two Nights	2017	Hardback: Template:ISBNT Paperback: Template:ISBNT	Stand-alone, "off-series" novel with new characters.<ref>Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 2016/12/23.</ref><ref>Website. Website. Retrieved 2016/12/23.</ref>

Virals series

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}This series was co-authored by Reich's son, Brendan Reichs. Tory Brennan, the great niece of Temperance Brennan, is the titular character of this series.<ref name="Kathy Reichs | About Kathy"/>

Title	Published	ISBN	Notes
Virals	2010	Template:ISBNT
Seizure	2011	Template:ISBNT
Code	2013	Template:ISBNT
Exposure	2014	Template:ISBNT
Terminal	2015	Template:ISBNT
Trace Evidence	2016	Template:ISBNT	a short story collection including Shock, Shift, Swipe and Spike (a new story set after the events of Terminal).

Novellas

Reichs has released six downloadable short stories:

Title	Published	Notes
Shift	2013	Set in the Virals country, but featuring both the Virals characters and Temperance Brennan.
Bones In Her Pocket	2013	A Temperance Brennan story giving details of a case briefly mentioned in Bones of the Lost.
Swipe	2013	A Virals story, also featuring Temperance Brennan, set at Comic-Con in San Diego.
Swamp Bones	2014	A Temperance Brennan story set in the Florida Everglades.
Shock	2015	A Virals story telling how they first meet.
Bones On Ice	2015	A Temperance Brennan story of how she gets wrapped up in the ultimate cold case: a death on Mount Everest.

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• Kathy Reichs: Turning a lifelong career into writing success at Jarrah Loh.com
• Kathy Reichs Interview Shots Ezine October 2012
• EBc-KReichs Kathy Reichs in Encyclopedia Britannica