Educated at London University and at Universite de Paris-Sorbonne. After graduation, worked as a teacher and journalist in Egypt, Finland, Yugoslavia, France and Dominica, and latterly in the former Soviet Union, researching soft news stories for US television. Anne has also worked for Amnesty International, The Stranglers rock group, Investment USA, Encounter magazine, and in educational outreach projects for English National Opera. In 1994, relocated to the South West to raise daughter, Cara, and taught on BA degree programmes for Falmouth College of Arts and as an Associate Lecturer for The Open University. In January 2000, set up Intertalea in Cornwall, a consultancy developing and… delivering distance-learning programmes in creative writing for Exeter University, The Open College Network, and the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) , which offers some of these courses through British prisons. Full member of The National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) and South West regional correspondent for 'The New Writer' magazine. Anne is also a full member of the prestigious and exclusive Crime Writers' Association.