Paltalk to Host Online Video and Voice Chat with Celebrated Forensic Anthropologist Kathy Reichs to Discuss Latest Crime Fiction Book Break No Bones



Paltalk hosts a live video and voice chat with crime fiction author and celebrated forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs to discuss Break No Bones the latest installment of her best selling series of mystery novels featuring the popular Temperance Brennan character. Reichs, one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and her books recently inspired the hit Fox television series Bones. Reichs will discuss her latest book with Barbara Peters, owner of the Poisoned Pen bookstore, the leading independent bookstore in the United States for mystery fiction.

Break No Bones is the ninth book featuring Dr. Temperance Brennan a fictional forensic anthropologist. The first Brennan novel, Déjà Dead, became a New York Times bestseller, a #1 international bestseller, and won Reichs the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. In Break No Bones Dr. Brennan stumbles on a modern-day mystery while supervising a dig of Native American burial grounds in Charleston, S.C. Brennan finds more recent remains and her ex-husband appears pursuing leads in a missing persons case which may connect the murders to the remains. Users can access the talk by visiting www.paltalk.com/poisonedpen.

Paltalk is the largest Instant Chat (IC) community on the Internet with more than 4 million active members participating in live voice and video enabled chat rooms. The Paltalk Messenger allows members to administer their own voice and video discussions and instant message (IM) with buddies on AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ. The Paltalk Messenger has been downloaded over 40 million times and accounts for over 8 billion voice minutes per year. Paltalk was the first company to launch video and voice combined with an on-line buddy list in one package.

WHO
Kathy Reichs is a celebrated forensic anthropologist and best-selling author of the Temperance Brennan series of crime fiction novels. Reichs holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and currently teaches anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

WHEN
Thursday, July 20, 2006
10:00 pm EST

ACCESS
For media interested in participating or listening to the video chat with Kathy Reichs
please contact Philip Ramirez at (212) 780-0200 x. 613 to arrange for access or follow the
instructions below:

1. Download and register for a free Paltalk Chat account at www.paltalk.com/poisonedpen
2. Before the Chat starts, open your Paltalk messenger.
3. Click on the Chat Rooms Tab.
4. The chat will be listed under the Featured Chat Rooms section.





Paltalk to Host Online Video and Voice Chat with Celebrated Forensic Anthropologist Kathy Reichs to Discuss Latest Crime Fiction Book Break No Bones