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." In the novel Grave Secrets, she uses her experience from her visit to Guatemala.
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." Her lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator, with Reichs stating that Brennan and she "have the same CV" and that "Some of Tempe's personality traits are also mine," but there are differences in their personal lives, such as the character's alcoholism.
The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. 20 of those novels constitute the "Temperance Brennan" series. In addition to technical books, as of January 2019, Reichs has written 21 novels, which have been translated into 30 languages. She is also affiliated with the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec. She 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. She was a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team assigned to assist at the World Trade Center disaster. She 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. Reichs has appeared in Tanzania to testify at the United Nations's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In the past, Kathy Reichs has consulted for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina. Since 1975, Reichs has taught at Northern Illinois University, University of Pittsburgh, Concordia University, and McGill University, and currently holds a position as adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In 1972, she completed her Master of Arts in physical anthropology at Northwestern University, where, in 1975, she completed her PhD, also in physical anthropology. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in anthropology from American University in 1971. Kathleen Joan Toelle was born in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. She is well-known for inspiring the television series Bones. She is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Kathleen Joan Reichs (née Toelle, born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic.
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