Kathleen Joan Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.
Bones is an American police procedural comedy drama television series created by Hart Hanson for Fox. It premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on March 28, 2017, airing for 246 episodes over 12 seasons. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a forensic anthropologist. It also explores the personal lives of the characters. The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, and John Boyd.
Temperance Daessee Brennan is a fictional character created by author Kathy Reichs, and is the hero of her crime novel series. She was introduced in Reichs' first novel, Déjà Dead, which was published in 1997. All the novels are written in the first person, from Brennan's viewpoint. Like her creator, Brennan is a forensic anthropologist. In a number of novels it is indicated that Brennan's background lies in physical anthropology, rather than medicine, and throughout the novels she stresses the importance of correct crime scene process.
Monday Mourning is the seventh novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
Déjà Dead is the first novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Death du Jour is the second novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Deadly Décisions is the third novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Break No Bones is the ninth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Cross Bones is the eighth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
206 Bones is the twelfth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Fatal Voyage is the fourth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Bones to Ashes is the tenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Grave Secrets is the fifth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Virals is the first novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs, and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Flash and Bones is the fourteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Seizure is the second novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Bones are Forever is the fifteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The book was the 48th most borrowed from libraries in the United Kingdom in 2012–2013.
Virals is a series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Exposure is the fourth novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
