AnnaPaxton

Anna is an English teacher, a horse trainer and a writer. She was born in England in 1992, and her family moved to Poland before they emigrated to Australia in 1996. In 2014, she graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor’s Degree of English Literature and Journalism, and in 2015, she attained a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education.

Since then, Anna has moved across the country, worked full time as a secondary school English teacher, collected a small herd of horses and, with the help of her partner, she has built her own house on her property in the countryside. Between marking papers and delivering lessons to both children and equines, Anna finds time for her passion - writing fiction.

She writes for a young and new adult audience, and her stories range from science fiction to fantasy and magical realism. In 2019, Anna’s science fiction novel “Lamb” was shortlisted in the Brio Books Literary Awards. She has since completed two more novel length manuscripts and written a series of poetry and short stories.

Anna’s stories are inspired by the things that she loves: folklore and history, the art of communication, social justice, the human psyche, the search for the simple life, things that are all-round fun, and the question - what if?