Kathy Reich is bestseller author of New York Times who also produces the tv show Bones, which is based on her life and work. She has used experience from her career of forensic anthropologist in her world popular novels, and said: "Everything I describe in the book, I actually did". Its title character Temperance Brennan is named after the protagonist of Reichs' crime novel series. Similarly, Dr. Brennan in the Bones universe writes successful mystery novels featuring a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.