Born in Virginia on September 20, 1934, Anne has lived an incredible life. She started her adult life with an eighth-grade education and quickly acquired some business training. She always worked fulltime, often running her own businesses and always supporting her family. Having an innate love for books and being a prolific reader and writer, getting her degree was a natural step when she had the time.

Attending Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) in Charlottesville, Virginia and received her BA from Mary Baldwin in Staunton, Virginia in 1989. She holds a MA and Ph.D. in History from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Anne completed her education over many years maintaining a respectable grade average, graduating magna cum laude while working full time.

As a Western Author and Poet Anne brings her deep knowledge of history and the American West and Frontier into her novels with incredible characters and story lines making them an absolute joy to read.