Anna Downes
Anna Downes was born and raised in Sheffield, UK, and currently resides north of Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.
Before becoming a writer, she worked as an actress, bringing performance experience to her literary career.
Her writing achievements include being shortlisted for the Sydney Writers Room Short Story Prize in 2017 and longlisted for the Margaret River Short Story Competition in 2018.
The Safe Place, her debut novel, draws directly from her personal experience working as a live-in housekeeper on a remote French estate during 2009-10, lending authentic detail to the book's isolated setting and household dynamics.
