![]() ![]() And I had done scientific books, textbooks, journal articles. REICHS: I made full professor at the university, and I was free to do whatever I wanted to do. How did you get involved in writing books? What made you cross over? KATHY REICHS: Thank you for inviting me.įLATOW: My apologies to your office in Montreal.įLATOW: My high school French is a little bit rusty. Reichs is also one of the producers for the TV series "Bones." Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.ĭR. ![]() Her latest book out this week is called "Bones are Forever." Dr. ![]() She's also the author of many, many crime mystery novels. She was a consultant to the office of the chief medical examiner in North Carolina, and she currently works with the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale - I hope I got that right - for the province of Quebec. Brennan is a forensic anthropologist, the person the police call when they find human remains that are, well, past their prime, if we say.Īnd if the name Temperance Brennan sounds familiar to you non-readers, it's because she's also the heroine at the center of the TV series "Bones." Brennan is a fictional crime fighter, but she's based on the work of a real person, Kathy Reichs, a forensic anthropologist and professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Up next, the brains behind "Bones." If you go to the beach this weekend and check out what the other sunbathers are reading, there's a good chance you'll come across someone deep into a Temperance Brennan crime novel. ![]()
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