Kathy Reichs is certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology.
== Television ==The 2005 Fox television series Bones is inspired by Reichs' life and novels
 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 the Jeffersonian, a fictionalized version of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D

