Temperance Brennan 3617700 223218358 2008-07-03T02:49:37Z 68.36.163.22 Deleted details of the TV character. Doesn't belong in this article. {{for|the character in the TV series, Bones|Temperance Brennan (Bones)}} '''Temperance Deasee Brennan''' is a [[fiction]]al character created by author [[Kathy Reichs]] and is the hero of her crime novel series. She was introduced in Reichs' first novel, ''Déjà Dead'', which was published in 1997. Brennan is a [[Forensic anthropology|forensic anthropologist]], who like her creator, divides her time between work in [[North Carolina]], and working in [[Montreal]] for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of [[Quebec]]. Brennan is divorced and has a daughter named Katy. Throughout the books, she is constantly meeting with Detective Andrew Ryan and has developed a romance with him. The character shares the same name with the protagonist of the [[United States|American]] [[television series]], ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'', whose character was not based on Reichs' books or the Brennan of her books but rather on the author herself.<ref>Goldman, Eric, "[http://tv.ign.com/articles/793/793242p1.html Digging Up Secrets With the Cast of Bones]", ''[[IGN]]'', May 31, 2007. Retrieved on June 4, 2007.</ref> Brennan makes a cameo appearance in [[Jasper Fforde]]'s 2007 novel ''[[First Among Sequels]]''. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brennan, Temperance}} [[Category:Fictional doctors]] [[Category:Fictional anthropologists]] [[it:Temperance Brennan]] [[nl:Temperance Brennan]] [[sk:Temperance Brennan]]