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TELEVISION
Kathy Reichs (Producer, 'Bones')
Monday, September 22 2008, 13:53 BST
By Neil Wilkes, Editor
Tempe and team are back as season four of popular forensic drama Bones begins this week with a special two-hour premiere episode set in London. A very different Tempe is also back in Devil Bones, the latest Kathy Reichs novel from the series of books that inspired the TV show. We called the best-selling author - also a producer on the TV series - to find out more about the differences between 'Book Tempe' and 'TV Tempe', and get her thoughts on that shock season finale twist.
...How have fans of your books reacted to the TV series?
"Initially I got a lot of questions asking why the character of Tempe is different. I think of them as 'Book Tempe' and 'TV Tempe'. Book Tempe is somewhere in her 40s, she works in the Carolinas and Canada, she's been married and unmarried, and has had this problem in the past with alcohol. TV Tempe is 30-something, she's in Washington DC, less sophisticated and definitely needs work on her people skills. I think of [the TV show] as a prequel, an earlier point in Tempe's life. Once I explain that, the fans say 'okay, that works'."
...How have fans of your books reacted to the TV series?
"Initially I got a lot of questions asking why the character of Tempe is different. I think of them as 'Book Tempe' and 'TV Tempe'. Book Tempe is somewhere in her 40s, she works in the Carolinas and Canada, she's been married and unmarried, and has had this problem in the past with alcohol. TV Tempe is 30-something, she's in Washington DC, less sophisticated and definitely needs work on her people skills. I think of [the TV show] as a prequel, an earlier point in Tempe's life. Once I explain that, the fans say 'okay, that works'."
Kathy Reichs' Devil Bones is out now. The new series of Bones begins Thursday at 9pm on Sky1.
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