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TITLE: Kathy Reichs: 2006 National Book Festival
SPEAKER: Kathy Reichs
EVENT DATE: 09/30/2006
RUNNING TIME: 28 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Kathy Reichs speaks at the 2006 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Kathy Reichs, like her fictional creation, Temperance Brennan, is a forensic anthropologist for the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec. Each new story in the Temperance Brennan series plays on an aspect of forensic anthropology and matter classification that Reichs has personally used in her work. "Deja Dead" brought her fame when it became a New York Times best-seller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. She has written eight more novels -- all national and international best-sellers. Her latest book is "Break No Bones" (Scribner, 2006), and her writing is the basis for a the series "Bones" from 20th Century Fox Television that features a forensic anthropologist. She divides her time between Charlotte, N.C., and Montreal, Canada.
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SERIES: National Book Festival 2006