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18 quotes by Kathy Reichs

Kathleen Joan Toelle "Kathy" Reichs (/ˈraɪks/; born July 7, 1948 ) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; as of 2013 she is on indefinite leave. She divides her work time between the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec and her professorship at UNC Charlotte. She is one of the...
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If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree... →

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My first book was the most successful debut novel in the U.K. ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the U.K. Clearly the British... →

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I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.

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Bones tell me the story of a person's life - how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background.

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I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

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I tend to watch a lot of movies at home. It's nice to be close to the refrigerator with my pyjamas on and just relax.

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I work with the dead, but I am working for the living.

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Many fiction writers who put the science in don't get it right.

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At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work... →

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I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and... →

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I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university... →

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What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the... →

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Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

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