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Kathleen Joan "Kathy" Reichs is native of Chicago and works as a Forensic Anthropologist , an academic, and bestselling writer of Mystery novels. She is a Professor of Anthropology at the University Of North Carolina At Charlotte . She divides her time between work for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina , and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the Province of Québec . She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy Of Forensic Sciences . Her schedule also involves a number of speaking engagements around the world. ACADEMIC CAREER
She has taught at Northern Illinois University , University Of Pittsburgh , Concordia University , McGill University and is currently the Professor of Anthropology at the University Of North Carolina At Charlotte . She has appeared in Rwanda to testify at the UN 's Genocide Tribunal . She has assisted Dr. Clyde Snow and the Foundation For Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology in an Exhumation in the area of Lake Atitlan in the highlands of southwest Guatemala . She was a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team assigned to assist at the World Trade Center Disaster . Academic papers
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Novels In addition to technical books on Anthropology and Forensics, Kathy Reichs has written nine novels (to date), which have been translated into 30 languages. Her first novel, ''Déjà Dead'', won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. The fictional Heroine in her novels, Temperance Brennan , is also a forensic anthropologist. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator. A good portion of the novels is based on real life science. Most of the techniques used and technology mentioned are things that Kathy Reichs uses in her real life job. The blood spatter analysis used in ''Deadly Decisions'', for instance, is directly from her job. In the novel ''Grave Secrets'' she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala to enhance the story. Reichs has said herself that she didn't want her character to be perfect and chose to give Temperance some history. |
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