The author comes from a well-travelled British family. Having lived in Russia, Iran, Iraq, India and South Africa they returned to London in the 1950's. Anne-Marie therefore spent most of her childhood in London. On the other side of the family were artists such as Tom, Charles and W Heath Robinson. Their work can be viewed on sites such as bpib.com and Wikipedia. See also the Pinner Association website for their work with the Heath Robinson Trust in building a museum to house a collection of his paintings at: http://westhousepinner.com/.
While attending secondary school the author worked as a trainee for a local cable television company and soon afterwards studied at Rolle College, Exeter University where she gained a degree in English Literature and Theatre Arts with Film Studies, focusing mainly on experimental theatre. Her spare time was spent at Exeter Film and Video Workshop where she took classes in filmmaking and animation.
After leaving university Anne-Marie moved to Athens, Greece, where she taught English as a foreign language for the Greek government as well as working as an occasional writer for The Greek News and voice recording artist for children's books. More recently she has worked in the legal field and has a degree in Law from London University; specialising in defamation law.