阅读凯丝·莱克斯 Kathy Reichs在小说之家的作品!!! | |||
她出生在美国芝加哥，在西北大学获得人类学的博士学位。随后到北卡罗来纳州工作、担任北卡医事检查处the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner的刑事人类学家，接着又到加拿大魁北克省，担任犯罪暨法医研究所的法医。在法医工作表现上相当杰出，是全美刑事人类学协会en:American Board of Forensic Anthropology 十五名检定合格的法医之一，目前也在北卡罗来纳州大学夏洛特分校担任社会人类学教授。
撰写作品
1997年《听！骨头在说话》Déjà Dead －《纽约时报》畅销排行榜，‘亚瑟·艾利斯奖’最佳处女作小说奖。
1999年《看！死亡的颜色》Death du Jour
2000年《追！致命的抉择》Deadly Decisions
2001年《逃！战栗的追杀》Fatal Voyage
2002年《挖！墓穴的秘密》Grave Secrets
2003年《猜！白骨的阴谋》Bare Bones
2004年《泣！死神的哀悼》Monday Mourning
2005年《玩骨头的女人》 Cross Bones
2006年《人骨密码》 Break No Bones －入围加拿大犯罪作家学会‘亚瑟·艾利斯奖’最佳犯罪小说奖决选。
2007年《骷髅之诗》 Bones To Ashes
2008年《恶意的骨头》 Devil Bones
2009年《目前此书未翻译》206 Bones
2010年《目前此书撰写中》Spider Bones
电视系列剧改编
2006年《骷髅拼盘》Bones: Buried Deep ，凯丝莱克斯 以及 麦斯伦林斯 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" .