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Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs
OccupationForensic Anthropologist
Novelist
Professor [1]
NationalityAmerican
GenreCrime
Notable worksBreak No Bones (2006)[1]
Website
http://www.kathyreichs.com

Kathleen Joan Toelle "Kathy" Reichs (1950- ), Template:PronEng[2], is a native of Chicago and works as a forensic anthropologist, an academic, and bestselling writer of mystery novels.[1] She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but is currently on indefinite leave.[3] 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 province of Quebec. She is one of only seventy-seven forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology[4] 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 has been a producer for the TV series Bones, loosely based on her novels.[1]

Academic career

Reichs earned her Bachelors of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from American University in 1971. In 1972, she completed her Masters of Arts in physical 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.[5]

Reichs has appeared in Rwanda to testify at the UN's Genocide Tribunal.[6] 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.

Academic papers

  • Quantified comparison of frontal sinus patterns by means of computed tomography. Forensic Science International 1993 Oct;61(2-3):141-68.
  • Effect of age and osteoarthritis on bone mineral in rhesus monkey vertebrae. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1993 Aug;8(8):909-17.
  • Forensic anthropology in the 1990s. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 1992 Jun;13(2):146-53.
  • Treponematosis: a possible case from the late prehistoric of North Carolina. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1989 Jul;79(3):289-303.
  • Cranial suture eccentricities: a case in which precocious closure complicated determination of sex and commingling. Journal of Forensic Science 1989 Jan;34(1):263-73.
  • Ontogenetic plasticity in nonhuman primates: I. Secular trends in the Cayo Santiago macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1987 Jul;73(3):279-87.

Academic books

  • Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains (1986)
  • Hominid Origins: Inquiries Past and Present (Editor) (1983)

Novels

In addition to technical books, Reichs has written eleven novels to date, which have been translated into 30 languages.[7] Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[8]

The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator[9][10], with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV"[9] and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine"[10], but there are differences in their personal lives such as the character's alcoholism.[9] 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".[11] 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".[10] In the novel Grave Secrets she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala. [11]

Title Published ISBNs Notes
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
Fatal Voyage 2001 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930720-0
Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-927-X
Grave Secrets 2002 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930730-8
Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-928-8
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
Break No Bones 2006 Hardback: ISBN 0-434-01042-1
Paperback: ISBN 0-434-01544-X
Bones to Ashes 2007 Hardback: ISBN 978-0434014620
Paperback: ISBN 978-1416525653
Devil Bones 2008 Hardback: ISBN 978-0743294386
206 Bones 2009

Television

Main article: Bones (TV series)

A 2005 FOX television series, Bones, is inspired by Reichs' life and writing.[12] The series borrows the name of the books' heroine, Temperance "Bones" Brennan.[13] 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"[13], the television series is based in Washington, D.C.[13] and Brennan moonlights as an author[12], writing about a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.[14] The TV series does not tie in with the book series.

Reichs works as a producer on the show to "keep the science honest"[13] 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.[15] Because of her involvement with the TV series she had to give up working with the military and UN.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Reichs, Kathy", Britannica Online (see below: References).
  2. ^ See inogolo:pronunciation of Kathy Reichs: phonetic "Rikes".
  3. ^ List of faculty at UNCC
  4. ^ List of ABFA Diplomats
  5. ^ Kathy Reichs abbreviated Vitae. Personal website. Retrieved 1/11/09.
  6. ^ Smithsonian Magazine: Interview with Kathy Reichs
  7. ^ Kathy Reichs book suppliers]. Personal website. Retrieved 1/11/09.
  8. ^ Arthur Ellis Award - list of past winners. Crime Writers of Canada website. Retrieved 1/11/09.
  9. ^ a b c "This much I know:Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist and writer, 60, London". Tom Templeton. The Guardian. 26.10.08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ a b c "Meet this season's best discovery: Kathy Reichs". Bookpage. September 1997. Retrieved 2008-11=16. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |lastMudge= (help)
  11. ^ a b "Kathy Reichs: The ice queen of crime". Peter Stanford. The Independent. 21.7.06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ a b Bones Show Info
  13. ^ a b c d e "Kathy Reichs: 20 things you need to know". Yahoo TV. Yahoo. Retrieved 2008-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. ^ "Bodies in the Book". Bones. Season 2. Episode 15. 2007-10-14. {{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |episodelink= (help); Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ IMDB profile for Bones episode Judas on a Pole

References

  • "Reichs, Kathy", Britannica Online Encyclopedia, 2009, webpage: EBc-KReichs.
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