Anne Kimbell, author of The Ibeji Twins and To Catch a Spy, has lived and worked in Tunisia and the Republic of Chad under the auspices of the US Department of State. A former Broadway actress, she has published articles in the Foreign Service Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. She is the co-author with Karen Wilson of How to Communicate with Difficult People.

Anne Kimbell now lives in Laguna Beach, California, and in Westcliffe, Colorado, where she is the Artistic Director of the nonprofit

 Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts

Many readers of a certain age will remember Anne Kimbell from "Monster from the Ocean Floor."  The film - and its leading lady Anne Kimbell - still attract fans of all ages, witness the reviews (click on the picture).

Sample chapters from To Catch a Spy and The Ibeji Twins offer a preview of Anne Kimbell's work.  Both titles are available on Amazon.com.  To read a sample chapter, click on the links below or on the cover images.

Sample Chapter: To Catch A Spy

Sample Chapter: The Ibeji Twins

Assignment Sahara: Chad and Sudan

Assignment Sahara: Chad and Sudan puts Janine Simms, an experienced CIA operative, into one of the most dangerous assignments of her career. She is sent to Chad, Central Africa, under the auspices of the American Embassy, ostensibly to oversee the delivery of food and medical supplies to refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan. Her real mission is to search for the missing daughter of a U.S. senator. The girl, Lilli, has mysteriously disappeared from a church group providing aid to the refugees. Janine's search takes her north to the uncharted Tibesti Mountains of Chad, an insurgent stronghold, to look for the girl. She is aided in her task by Brax, an experienced bush pilot, and Lilli's father, the irate senator, who will risk anything, even forcing the group to deal with terrorists, to rescue his daughter.

How To Communicate with "Difficult" People:
A Survival Guide 

How well do you cope with difficult people in trying situations? Do you loose your cool and your temper? Or do you turn the situation into a win-win one by your skillful handling of some of the following situations: the office back stabber who talks about you at the coffee machine; the person who takes credit for the work that you have done; the boss who puts a hand on your knee under the table at a business meeting. What do you do if you get caught in the middle of a feud between two co-workers? How do you tell your husband that your feelings are hurt when he fails to bring your flowers for your anniversary?

How to Communicate With "Difficult" People has answers to these questions and more. Based on the thousands of training sessions that Anne Kimbell and Karen Wilson have done with clients from major corporations all over the country. This book reaches into the back drawers of office politics and tells you what to say and how to say it to extricate your self from difficult situations. Now in its second edition, this book has helped people of all ages stay on top in the office and at home.

Assignment Paris
To be released December 2010

Janine Simms a beautiful and talented CIA agent, is faced with one of the most difficult tasks of her career. She is given a double challenge by her bosses in ‘The Agency’: Uncovering the leaders of al l Qaida in Paris and discovering the whereabouts of a missing Saudi Princess. Janine enlists the help of her former lover, Rick Harrison, who invites her to Algeria to protect a visiting French/Algerian woman Minister, and to help him discover who is trying to sabotage his water purification project for the Bay of Algiers. In the process of a visit to the Casbah, Janine discovers that all is not as it seems with the princess’s disappearance, or with the Algerian businessmen who are funding Rick’s restoration project. Finally, on her return to Paris, she follows a lead to Grasse in the south of France to search for a princess who does not wish to be found.