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Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!” Ben barked. “Please keep doing that!” Hi warbled.
Kathy Reichs
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Kathy Reichs
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 7
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Anthropologist
Crime Writer
Forensic Anthropologist
Novelist
Professor
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Science Fiction Writer
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Chicago
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Kathleen Joan Toelle
Kathleen Reichs
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