Anna Keibler
Author. Dreamer. Adventurer.
These words kill fascists.
New Release
A Ghost in the Middle Kingdom (2025)
Amid the mountains of China, Anna falls in love with a Hui yak herder from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. At first, he appears to be a kindred soul and charismatic lover. But with treachery, traps, and fraud at every turn, their passionate romance is doomed from the start.
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This engrossing memoir delves into the perils of abuse, deceit, infatuation, and misplaced trust while simultaneously illuminating the beauty of China's landscape, hospitality, and culture. With electrifying twists as the author confronts an impossible choice on her world travels, A Ghost in the Middle Kingdom is a true tale of love and loss like you've never heard before.
Release Date: July 17, 2025
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A powerful testimony of the resilience of a woman scorned. A foreigner in China, navigating employment, romance, deceit, theft and the cultural differences makes this memoir a full experience!
-Kim Sloan (Goodreads)
Praise & Reviews
I normally dislike memoirs. I find most people fascinating, but unable to creatively express their own history. Anna Keibler does not have that issue. The story here feels like the outline of some great fiction novel, though it remains grounded in a very harsh reality. I highly recommend this if you're looking for some insight into the idiotic decisions that can be made for love, for youth, for adventure, and for longing.
Tiger Schultz
(Goodreads)
A Ghost in the Middle Kingdom is one of the most incredible memoirs that I’ve had the opportunity to read. Anna tells her harrowing experience in such an amazing way that I was captured from the very first page.
-Kathleen Smith (Goodreads)
About Anna Keibler
Anna Keibler is a disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ professional writer, youth worker, and traveler with a fervent passion for languages, art, and wildlife. As a nature lover with a master's in natural resources, she has a passion for the ecological conservation of both the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the Hoosier National Forest.