Kathy Reichs, like her fictional creation Temperance Brennan, is forensic anthropologist for the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine legale for the province of Quebec. She serves as the Vice President of the American Association of Forensic Sciences, and on the Canadian National Police Services Advisory Board, and is one of only fifty-six forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. A professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal. Déjà Dead brought her fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Death du jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, Grave Secrets, Bare Bones, Monday Mourning, and Cross Bones also became international and New York Times bestsellers. Break No Bones is her ninth novel featuring Temperance Brennan.