Kathy Reichs: the Virals novels remain every bit as tense as my adult work

Caitlin Pinks talks to the American crime writer and producer of the TV series Bones (based on Kathy Reichs’ real life experiences a forensic anthropologist) about her Virals books for young adults

I really love your Virals novels and am particularly interested in the supernatural element of the stories, was it hard to think of ways to keep the supernatural element of the story going?

The hardest part of the supernatural element was keeping that angle in line with actual scientific principles. In the Virals series — which I co-write with my son, Brendan Reichs — we use science in our fiction more so than write “science fiction.” That’s how we like to think about our work.

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