When did you discover your passion of writing and how did it help you embrace your writing skill?

Kathy Reichs I became a full professor at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. That promotion in rank left me with some freedom to explore new challenges. I’d written academic books but wanted to try something different. I had a colleague who was writing fiction. After reading one of her books, I thought, ‘Maybe I can do this.’ It was during the 90s, and forensic science was in the public’s mind. People had seen the O.J. trial, and they’d heard about DNA, fingerprints, blood spatter analysis and such. I wanted to create a strong female heroine with a new type of expertise. Also, I’d just finished working on a very interesting serial murder case. It all came together so, between teaching classes and analyzing skeletons, I wrote my first novel.

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