Kathy Reichs
Born July 7, 1948
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.
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. 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.
Books by Kathy Reichs in order
Books by Kathy Reichs in the order they were published, from Deja Dead (1997) to Cold, Cold Bones (2022).
- 1Deja Dead
Deja Dead1997 - 2Cross Bones
Cross Bones1998 - 3Death du jour
Death du jour1999 - 4Deadly Decisions
Deadly Decisions2000 - 5Fatal Voyage
Fatal Voyage2001 - 6Grave Secrets
Grave Secrets2002 - 7Bare Bones
Bare Bones2003 - 8Monday Mourning
Monday Mourning2004 - 9Break No Bones
Break No Bones2006 - 10Bones to Ashes
Bones to Ashes2007 - 11Devil Bones
Devil Bones2008 - 12206 Bones Kathy Reichs
206 Bones Kathy Reichs2010 - 13Virals
Virals2010 - 14Flash and Bones
Flash and Bones2011 - 15Bones Are Forever
Bones Are Forever2012 - 16Bones of the Lost
Bones of the Lost2013 - 17Code
Code2013 - 18Bones Never Lie
Bones Never Lie2014 - 19Exposure
Exposure2014 - 20The Bone Collection
The Bone Collection2016 - 21Conspiracy of Bones
Conspiracy of Bones2020 - 22Bone Code
Bone Code2021 - 23Cold, Cold Bones
Cold, Cold Bones2022