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About Anna

Anna writes fiction, drama and poetry and is often out and about on the moors and in the lanes of Cornwall writing in her notebook. Anna is author of Cornish Folk Tales of Place East and North Cornwall, published by The History Press in June 2019 and its sister book Cornish Folk Tales of Place Mid and West Cornwall, published by the History Press in April 2025. She began retelling Cornish folk tales writing for Mazed a project collecting the folklore of Cornwall and telling it in new and interesting ways. Mazed was nominated for a Holyer an Gof award, and for the Kieran Hegarty Award for Innovation at the Celtic Media Festival. The Silver Ball is an Audio Drama produced by Alternative Stories and written by Anna. Anna is an internationally published poet, she is a member of Liskeard Poetry Group and the German Stanza.

As a young child, Anna lived in Cornwall by both the sea and the moor, before moving to East Sussex, then Devon where she was fortunate enough to spend many summers rehearsing plays and building characters in the gardens of Steiner Schools. Anna moved back to Cornwall as a teenager and has stayed in the Duchy almost ever since.

Anna lives on the edge of Bodmin Moor she enjoys walks by the sea and across the moors; reading, photographing nature and making biscuits.