About the Author

Tyan Wyss longed to be a writer since the age of 14 when she wrote the first chapter of a never-ending novel still aching to be completed. Educated at the University of California with a Master's Degree in Literature she has been a teacher for over 31 years. After working 12 years in California instructing Middle and High School English she moved overseas with her family to teach in International Schools, living in Saudi Arabia, Russia, Hungary, and South Africa. Tyan concentrates mostly on children's fiction, fantasies, political thrillers, and adult mysteries. She also writes romantic mysteries featuring dynamic women sleuths and heroines under the pen name of Loren Lockner. Tyan is married and has two adult children.