Kathy Reichs

Kathy Reichs is an American forensic anthropologist and novelist whose Temperance Brennan crime novels inspired the television series Bones.

Temperance Brennan: Temperance Brennan is the forensic anthropologist protagonist of Kathy Reichs’s crime novels. Reichs created this character and drew on her own professional experience to shape her.
Forensic anthropology: Forensic anthropology applies the study of human remains to legal investigations. This is Reichs’s profession and the scientific foundation of her fiction.
Biological profile: A biological profile is an estimate of a person’s age, sex, ancestry, and stature from skeletal remains. Forensic anthropologists use these estimates to narrow the identity of unknown individuals.
Crime fiction: Crime fiction is narrative fiction centered on crime, its investigation, or its consequences. Reichs’s novels belong to this genre while drawing on forensic practice.
Temperance Brennan (Bones): Temperance Brennan is a fictional forensic anthropologist portrayed in the television series Bones. The television character differs substantially from the novel protagonist Reichs created.
Forensic anthropology in popular culture: Forensic anthropology in popular culture is the portrayal of the discipline in entertainment and media. Reichs’s novels and their television adaptation made the field prominent in crime entertainment.
Osteology: Osteology is the scientific study of bones. Knowledge of human skeletal anatomy underlies Reichs’s forensic specialty.
Crime procedural: A crime procedural is a crime story structured around investigative methods and professional routines. Bones adapts Reichs’s premise into an episodic television procedural rather than a novel series.
Kathy Reichs bibliography: Kathy Reichs’s bibliography comprises her novels and nonfiction books. Her publications span crime fiction, children’s fiction, and professional writing.
Forensic archaeology: Forensic archaeology applies archaeological methods to the search, recovery, and interpretation of evidence in legal cases. Its excavation methods complement the recovery and analysis of human remains in forensic investigations.

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Patricia CornwellCompared with: Reichs offers a close comparison: a professional forensic expert writing a recurring investigator series.