Anna completed her art college studies in Melbourne and has worked in graphic design and teaching, and painted murals for theatre plays and shops.
Anna won the Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration in 1998, and was shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 1999 and by YABBA in 2000. Anna's books were selected as CBCA Notable Books in 2001, 2004 and 2005.