She was born on the family farm in the Trempealeau County town of Arcadia, Wisconsin, daughter of Alexander and Anna (Dorawa) Pellowski, both of whom were descended from Kashubian immigrants.
[4] She also volunteers her time to give workshops in book making in local languages, and help in training for children's libraries in underprivileged nations.
Anne Pellowski wrote numerous works on the theory and practice of storytelling, ranging from popular children's handbooks to scholarly academic articles.
However, the painstaking research and the abundant detail evident throughout all five novels marks them also as valuable historical-cultural documents in which, as Thomas J. Napierkalski observes, "Anne Pellowski has given Polish Americans a voice.
"[5] In addition, Pellowski's novels are noted for moving "beyond the confines of Polishness through interethnic marriage and, more important, by showing the younger generation's acquisition of a global perspective.