Kathy Reichs
Books in Order
Name: Kathy Reichs
Born: 7 July, 1948
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Resides: North Carolina, USA
First book: Deja Dead
Previous employment: Kathy still undertakes her chosen “day job” – forensic anthropologist.
Fun fact #1: Kathy is not just an author, but she is such a highly respected forensics expert that police departments and government agencies often ask for her input on serious crimes.
Fun fact #2: Kathy appears in the TV show Bones, playing Professor Constance Wright.
Awards (this is not an exhaustive list):
- Arthur Ellis Award
Kathy Reichs Book List & Suggested Book Order
Kathy Reichs Interview
Creator of the Temperance Brennan series of crime thrillers upon which the TV show Bones is based, Kathy is questioned on how she got started as a fiction writer. She reveals some of the true life cases which have inspired her work.
Kathy Reichs Biography
Kathy Reichs was born on the 7th of July in 1948, which was a Wednesday. For those readers interested in all things astrological, that makes Kathy is Cancerian, which is a Water sign.
Kathy was born in Chicago, a massive city with nearly three million residents, in Illinois, which is a state in the United States of America. Born to a father who was a meatpacking company manager and a mother who was a homemaker, Kathy was one of four children, all girls. Kathy was always interested in writing and wrote her very first book was she was just nine years old.
After attending a Catholic school with her sisters, Kathy studied anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C. from which she graduated in 1971. Kathy then went on to further her studies at Northwestern University, first gaining an M.A. in physical anthropology and then her Ph.D.
In 1968, Kathy married the man who would give her the surname she’d use on her books – Paul Reichs. He was a lawyer. Kathy was just 19 years old at that time.
Having gained such prestigious qualifications, Kathy went on to teach at a number of higher education institutions, including Northern Illinois University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of North Carolina, Concordia University, and McGill University, the latter two both being in Montreal, Canada. One reason Kathy chose the teaching posts she did was…
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If you love Kathy Reichs’s books you need the most comprehensive book list available, which includes a check list, alternative titles, page counts, movie adaptations, co-authors, star ratings, and a host of other features, plus:
- Temperance Brennan series in order (Bones books in order)
- Temperance Brennan short stories in order
- Virals series in order
- Virals short stories in order
- a complete list of short stories, standalone novels & nonfiction
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Why Read the Kathy Reichs Bones Books in Order?
A real-life forensic anthropologist, author Kathy Reichs doesn't get into all the mystery and danger that her fictional hero Temperance Brennan encounters, but she is called upon to help in real-life murder cases by various law enforcement departments. With well over 20 books and short stories, Kathy's Temperance Brennan series was so well-received that it was adapted for TV as the show Bones. The Virals series is loved by a younger audience who crave stories with a supernatural/fantasy element.
This Kathy Reichs book list not only gives all the Kathy Reichs books in chronological order, but will let you see the characters develop and witness events at the correct time, just as Kathy intended.
So, if you've ever wanted the Kathy Reichs book order, especially if you wanted the Temperance Brennan series in order, here's everything you could ever ask for.
