KATHY REICHS
Novelist Kathy Reichs catapulted to literary fame when her first novel, Déjà Dead, became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. But Doctor Reichs is perhaps equally famous. One of only 77 forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, she served on the Board of Directors and as vice president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is currently a member of the National Police Services Advisory Board in Canada. She has taught FBI agents how to detect, recover, separate and identify human remains, and her fictional character, Temperance Brennan, reflects her creator’s dedication to excellence in the darkly humorous hit television series, Bones. A native of Chicago, Reichs now divides her time between Charlotte, NC, and Montreal, Quebec.
