16 Facts About Kathy Reichs

Dr Kathleen Joan Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic.

Kathy Reichs is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Kathy Reichs is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.

Kathy Reichs earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from American University in 1971.

Since 1975, Kathy Reichs has taught at Northern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh, Concordia University, and McGill University, and currently holds a position as professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Kathy Reichs has appeared in Tanzania to testify at the United Nations's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Kathy Reichs has assisted Clyde Snow and the Foundation for Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology in an exhumation in the area of Lake Atitlan in the highlands of southwest Guatemala.

Kathy Reichs was a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team assigned to assist at the World Trade Center disaster.

Kathy Reichs is one of 100 anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the board of directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Kathy Reichs is affiliated with the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale for the province of Quebec.

Kathy Reichs has co-written the young adult novels series named Virals, centered on Tempe's great-niece, Tory Brennan, and a pack of her friends, Ben, Hiram, Shelton, and wolfdog Cooper.

Kathy Reichs worked as a producer on the show to "keep the science honest".

Kathy Reichs appeared in the second-season episode "Judas on a Pole", playing Professor Constance Wright, a forensic anthropologist on the Jeffersonian's board of trustees who conducts Zack Addy's dissertation defense.

In 2011, Kathy Reichs was an expert witness in the Casey Anthony murder trial.

Kathy Reichs was reluctant to get involved, but later agreed and performed a full skeletal analysis of Anthony's daughter, Caylee, but could not determine a cause of death.

Kathy Reichs concluded that there was no evidence of abuse and that the child appeared to be well-nourished.