Anne has a B.A. in History from U.C. Davis, is family representative for the Emily Schwalen Memorial Fund (to benefit Native American environmental issues), and is retired from Clinical Lab Science. Her poems have received awards from the Santa Cruz County Fair, California Chaparral Poets, Ina Coolbrith Circle and Friends of the Decatur Library. Her poetic prose has been published on the Internet in DEEP MAGIC, NIGHT LANDS and in both of Colin Harvey’s SHOWCASES. “The Seer” (from NIGHT LANDS) is a nominee for the first annual Speculative Fiction Award. She has also been a featured artist (4 St. Anthony Murals in issue #16) in the literary e-zine, THE PEDESTAL. A member of Pajaro Valley Arts, with a focus on writing, acrylic painting and sculpting, she has executed many private murals as well as a public mural for the Watsonville Senior Center. She illustrates fiction for Editor Colin Harvey.