閱讀凱絲·萊剋斯 Kathy Reichs在小说之家的作品!!! | |||
她出生在美國芝加哥，在西北大學獲得人類學的博士學位。隨後到北卡羅來納州工作、擔任北卡醫事檢查處the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner的刑事人類學家，接着又到加拿大魁北剋省，擔任犯罪暨法醫研究所的法醫。在法醫工作表現上相當傑出，是全美刑事人類學協會en:American Board of Forensic Anthropology 十五名檢定合格的法醫之一，目前也在北卡羅來納州大學夏洛特分校擔任社會人類學教授。
撰寫作品
1997年《聽！骨頭在說話》Déjà Dead －《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜，‘亞瑟·艾利斯奬’最佳處女作小說奬。
1999年《看！死亡的顔色》Death du Jour
2000年《追！致命的抉擇》Deadly Decisions
2001年《逃！戰慄的追殺》Fatal Voyage
2002年《挖！墓穴的秘密》Grave Secrets
2003年《猜！白骨的陰謀》Bare Bones
2004年《泣！死神的哀悼》Monday Mourning
2005年《玩骨頭的女人》 Cross Bones
2006年《人骨密碼》 Break No Bones －入圍加拿大犯罪作傢學會‘亞瑟·艾利斯奬’最佳犯罪小說奬决選。
2007年《骷髏之詩》 Bones To Ashes
2008年《惡意的骨頭》 Devil Bones
2009年《目前此書未翻譯》206 Bones
2010年《目前此書撰寫中》Spider Bones
電視係列劇改編
2006年《骷髏拼盤》Bones: Buried Deep ，凱絲萊剋斯 以及 麥斯倫林斯 合著。
Academic career
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 North Carolina.
Reichs has appeared in Rwanda to testify at the UN's Genocide Tribunal. 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.
Academic papers
Quantified comparison of frontal sinus patterns by means of computed tomography. Forensic Science International 1993 Oct;61(2-3):141-68.
Effect of age and osteoarthritis on bone mineral in rhesus monkey vertebrae. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1993 Aug;8(8):909-17.
Forensic anthropology in the 1990s. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 1992 Jun;13(2):146-53.
Treponematosis: a possible case from the late prehistoric of North Carolina. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1989 Jul;79(3):289-303.
Cranial suture eccentricities: a case in which precocious closure complicated determination of sex and commingling. Journal of Forensic Science 1989 Jan;34(1):263-73.
Ontogenetic plasticity in nonhuman primates: I. Secular trends in the Cayo Santiago macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1987 Jul;73(3):279-87.
[edit]Academic books
Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains (1986)
Hominid Origins: Inquiries Past and Present (Editor) (1983)
[edit]Novels
In addition to technical books, Reichs has written thirteen novels to date, which have been translated into 30 languages. Her first novel, Déjà Dead, won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
The fictional heroine in her novels, Temperance "Tempe" Brennan, is also a forensic anthropologist. 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. 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". 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.
Title Published ISBNs Notes
Déjà Dead 1997 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-925518-9 Won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel
Death du Jour 1999 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-925519-7
Deadly Décisions 2000 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930710-3
Hardback: ISBN 0-434-00820-6
Fatal Voyage 2001 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930720-0
Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-927-X
Grave Secrets 2002 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-930730-8
Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-928-8
Bare Bones 2003 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-944147-0
Monday Mourning 2004 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-944148-9
Cross Bones 2005 Paperback: ISBN 0-09-944149-7
Hardback: ISBN 0-434-01040-5
Audio CD: ISBN 1-85686-985-7
Break No Bones 2006 Hardback: ISBN 0-434-01042-1
Paperback: ISBN 0-434-01544-X
Bones to Ashes 2007 Hardback: ISBN 978-0434014620
Paperback: ISBN 978-1416525653
Devil Bones 2008 Hardback: ISBN 978-0743294386
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-4391-5440-3
Audio CD: ISBN 978-1846571336
206 Bones 2009 Hardback: ISBN 978-0743294393
Paperback: ISBN 978-0-4340-2005-8
Spider Bones (released as Mortal Remains in the UK and Australia) August, 24th 2010 Hardback: ISBN 978-1439102398
Virals November 2010 ISBN 978-0099543947
[edit]Television
The 2005 Fox television series Bones is inspired by Reichs' life and writing. The series borrows the name of the books' heroine, Temperance "Bones" Brennan. As in the books, Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a forensic anthropologist, however there are many differences: the television character is younger, more socially awkward, and is based in Washington, D.C. Additionally, the TV-Brennan moonlights as an author, writing about a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs. Aside from the character name and occupation, there are few tie-ins between the TV show and the books.
Reichs works as a producer on the show to "keep the science honest" and has appeared in the episode Judas on a Pole from the second season, in which she played Professor Constance Wright, a forensic anthropologist on the board conducting Zack Addy's Thesis Defense. Additionally, she wrote the Season Five episode "The Witch in the Wardrobe" .