<P> Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs ( / ˈraɪks / ; born July 7 , 1948 ) is an American crime writer , forensic anthropologist and academic . She is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte ; as of 2016 she is on indefinite leave . 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 . Her schedule also involves a number of speaking engagements around the world . Reichs has been a producer for the TV series Bones , which is loosely based on her novels , which in turn , are inspired by her life . She has two daughters , Kerry and Courtney , and one son , Brendan . </P>
<P> Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs ( / ˈraɪks / ; born July 7 , 1948 ) is an American crime writer , forensic anthropologist and academic . She is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte ; as of 2016 she is on indefinite leave . 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 . Her schedule also involves a number of speaking engagements around the world . Reichs has been a producer for the TV series Bones , which is loosely based on her novels , which in turn , are inspired by her life . She has two daughters , Kerry and Courtney , and one son , Brendan . </P>
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Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs
Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs