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Kathy Reichs

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Forensic anthropologist and crime writer Kathleen J. Reichs is a professor emerita and inspired the television series Bones.

Biography

Kathleen Joan Reichs (née Toelle; born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. Her professional work spans forensic anthropology and crime writing, reflecting both scientific training and a career in crime literature.

She is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Reichs is well known for inspiring the television series Bones, and her career brings together academic practice, forensic expertise and creative writing.

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