Cybele Loening spent 18 years working in Corporate America before giving up a successful career as a magazine editor to pursue a long-held dream she had of writing a book. DEAD LIES is that book, and it is a symbol of the profound transformation she made in her life when she answered her soul’s calling to write.

A mystery lover since childhood when she devoured the Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew series, these days Cybele is inspired by the work of such revered authors as Michael Connelly, Mary Higgins Clark, Harlan Coben, and James Lee Burke, in addition to many other fine novelists who have brightened her days with stories of murder, mayhem and intrigue.

Responding to the demand for more books starring the exciting new heroine Anna Valentine, Cybele is hard at work on the next book in the Anna Valentine Mystery Series. But she also has another mission: To inspire other women to pursue their dreams and live their best lives. It is this theme that will be the subject of an upcoming memoir.