Kathleen Joan Toelle "Kathy" Reichs ( /ˈraɪks/;[2] born 1950) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic .[1] She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but is currently on indefinite leave.[3] She divides her work time between the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec and her professorship at UNC Charlotte. She is one of the eighty-eight forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology[4] 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.
Reichs earned her Bachelors of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from American University in 1971. In 1972, she completed her Master of Arts in physical anthropology from Northwestern University, and in 1975 she completed her Ph.D. in physical anthropology from Northwestern University. Since then, Reichs has taught at Northern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh, Concordia University, McGill University and is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In the past, Kathy Reichs has consulted for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in NC
Reichs has appeared in Tanzania to testify at the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
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.
In addition to technical books, Reichs has written sixteen novels to date, which have been translated into 30 languages.[8] Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[9]
The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist
専門書に加え、レイクスは今まで16の小説を書き、それらは30ヶ国語に訳されている。[8]彼女の最初の小説”Déjà Dead”は、1997年アーサー・エリス賞新人賞を獲得した。[9]
彼女の小説のヒロイン、テンペランス”テンペ”ブレナンは、同じく法医学人類学者です。
. Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator,[10][11] with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV"[10] and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine",[11] but there are differences in their personal lives such as the character's alcoholism.[10] A good portion of the novels are based on real life science, and Reichs has stated that she is "fastidiously conscientious about getting the science right".[12] She has used experience from her career in her novels, and said about Déjà Dead that "Everything I describe in the book, I actually did".[11] In the novel Grave Secrets she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala.[12]
She´s also written two young adult novels named Virals (2010) and Seizure (2011) centered around Tempes´ grandniece Tory Brennan and a pack of her friends Ben, Hi(ram), Shelton and wolfdog Coop(er).
The 2005 Fox television series Bones is inspired by Reichs' life and writing.[13] The series borrows the name of the books' heroine, Temperance "Bones" Brennan.[14] As in the books, Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a forensic anthropologist, however there are many differences: the television character is younger, more socially awkward,[14] and is based in Washington, D.C.[14] Additionally, the TV-Brennan moonlights as an author,[13] writing about a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.[15]
2005年のＦｏｘテレビシリーズ”Ｂｏｎｅｓ”はレイクスの人生と、小説に影響されている。[13]そのシリーズは、本のヒロインの名前、テンペランス”ボーンズＢｏｎｅｓ”ブレナンを使用している。[14]本で描かれているように、ブレナン（エミリー・デシャネル）は法医学人類学者だが、多くの違いもある：テレビのキャラクターは若く、人付き合いが苦手、[14] そして、ワシントンＤＣが舞台となっている。加えて、ＴＶブレナン月明かりの作者として、[13] キャシー・レイクスという名の架空の法医学人類学者について書いている。
