[2] She studied archeology at the University of Edinburgh[1] and worked on Fleet Street, in London,[3] where she met the Scottish novelist and topographer George Scott-Moncrieff.

[1] The Scott-Moncrieffs returned to Scotland, moving between Peebleshire, Midlothian, Badenoch and Haddington as they contributed to small magazines, literary journals, broadsheets and radio programming.

[2] Ann wrote original pieces and adapted literary classics, including Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies and Susan Ferrier's Marriage, for broadcast by the BBC on Scottish Children's Hour and The Regional Programme.

[2] Her first published literary work was a children's story, Aboard the Bulger, which appeared as a serial in "The Bulletin" before its publication as a book.

[5] Four of her short stories, 'The Longest Day', 'Strong Girl', 'Threesome' and 'Nothatus', were republished in Chapman magazine in 1987.