Brought up in Dorset, America, London, Hong Kong and Wiltshire, Annabelle has worked in photography, event production and marketing. But her passions are in food and writing. Running her own cottage industry making handmade jams, jellies and chutneys she became the recipient of two Great Taste Awards. When writing began to take over her life, she joined the Faber Academy and completed their How to Write a Novel course. Annabelle now lives between Sutherland and Wiltshire, and is currently studying the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.