Wolf Bahren
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A writer and editor for more than 30 years, Wolf Bahren now focuses on writing thrillers. She published The Secessionist's Wife in 2026, Source of Deceit in 2020 and Agents of Suzharia in 2016. Currently, she also teaches in the University Writing Program at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She began her writing career as a financial news journalist, including for AP-Dow Jones in New York, Germany, and Washington, DC, and then transitioned to freelance writing and editing on food, agriculture and the environment while her children were growing up. She has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Cornell and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia. Closely tied to family in Kansas and New York State, she lives in Maryland with her husband and dogs.
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The Secessionist's Wife
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Espionage/Journalism Thriller
For journalist Anna Jones of the New York Daily Journal, nothing is more important than finding the truth. So when Fort Riley, Kansas, suffers a terrorist attack, Anna jumps at the chance to see what's happening at the base. She and her partner Viktor Simonson rush to the heartland to cover the events as they unfold. Once on the ground, they agree to divide and conquer-one will check out the damage at the military installation, the other will attend a press conference with Kansas Governor Marie Danielle Schreiber in the nearby college town of Manhattan. In no time, Anna realizes the attack may not be as cut-and-dried as it appears. She also loses track of Viktor. Meanwhile, on a farm outside Junction City, housewife Theresa Walkermore is grappling with mysteries of her own. Between her husband Noah's unexplained absences and middle-of-the-night activities, she's sure he's being unfaithful to her again. But as she's drawn into his world, she fears he's embroiled in something far worse than adultery. Sharing the same values and moral strength, Anna and Theresa realize that, together, they may be the only ones capable of stopping a plot that threatens not just Kansas, but the United States itself.... |
Source of Deceit
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Espionage/Journalism Thriller
Anna Jones, a gutsy correspondent for the "New York Daily Journal," is covering the apparent suicide of a DC powerbroker, the World Bank Executive Director for South East Asia, when a key source also turns up dead. Pursuing the truth—and a scoop—Anna follows a lead to Miami, where the trail points to Thailand. Meanwhile, the two deaths trigger a chain reaction of upheaval for officials at the World Bank, covert operatives in Bangkok, and rebels in Chiang Mai and Myanmar, near the border with China. Despite threats to her life and livelihood, Anna remains determined to get to the bottom of the story. Only by facing her nemesis Raven Garcia and confronting her long-distance boyfriend Viktor Simonson can she decipher the lies and the spin. 
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Agents of Suzharia
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Espionage/Journalism Thriller
Viktor Simonson, an American foreign correspondent in Russia, anonymously receives a packet of Arabic papers marked with an elaborate seal. A note clipped to them warns they provide clues to a terrorist plot. Obtaining a translation from his friend Michael Hussein, the Moscow bureau chief of a German daily, Viktor discovers the mysterious papers pertain to Suzharia, a war-torn region in the Caucasus Mountains. Michael dismisses the papers as nonsense, preferring to spend his spare time pursuing beautiful women like international trade lawyer Tatiana Ivanova and journalist Anna Jones. But Viktor has a hunch the papers harbor a deeper meaning. He follows a lead to Hamburg, where he meets Lilia, a Suzhari doctor who claims to know individuals named in the papers. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Imam Mustafa Freeman struggles to understand changing times at his Chicago mosque. Mustafa and Viktor are propelled toward one another as they seek the truth in a world of violence and deception. 
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