Having been a theology teacher for more than twenty years, and raising two sets of twins, it just seemed a natural fit to begin writing noir thrillers, with a mystical bent. I turned my dining room table into a desk, and, instead of serving luscious meals, I serve up murder on a noir dish, and psychological terror on an icy platter. The Bible is filled with stories of betrayal, mysticism, metaphysics, murder, and victories, reminding all of us that those things are all a part of life. We must contend with evil, as well as goodness.

Chéri lives with her husband on a small ranch in Texas with their two dogs, Scully, a Coydog (half beagle and half coyote), and Mulder, a Great Pyrenees. “Yes, they are an X-File.”