Kathy Reichs is the author of nineteen
New York Times bestselling novels and the coauthor, with her son, Brendan Reichs, of six novels for young adults. Like the protagonist of her Temperance Brennan series, Reichs is a forensic anthropologist--one of fewer than one hundred and fifteen ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. A professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she is a former vice president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and serves on the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. Reichs's own life, as much as her novels, is the basis for the TV show
Bones, one of the longest-running series in the history of the Fox network.
Linda Emond's film credits include
Stop Loss,
North Country, and
Across the Universe. Television credits include
The Sopranos, all four
Law & Orders, and
American Experience: John & Abigail Adams. On Broadway she has performed in
1776 and
Life x 3 (Tony nomination & Outer Critics Circle Award) and Off-Broadway in Tony Kushner's
Homebody/Kabul (Obie & Lucille Lortel Awards).