Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist who works for the Offices of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina and the Laboratorie de Sciences Judiciaires et de M-decine L-gale in Quebec. In addition to her work as a forensic anthropologist, she is also a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her time is divided between Charlotte and Montreal, and she is often called upon as an expert witness in criminal trials.