[2] Malone graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge in 1980 (promoted to MA (Cantab)), and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in archaeology by Cambridge in 1986.
She was editor of Antiquity (2000–2002), Keeper of the Department of Prehistory and Early Europe at the British Museum (2000–2003), and senior tutor of Hughes Hall, Cambridge (2003–2007).
[3] Her research interests include fieldwork in peninsular Italy (since 1983), Malta (since 1987), and Troina in Sicily (since 1997), and currently in Britain.
[5] It investigates the environmental impact of early colonists in Malta, and excavated at the Neolithic temple sites of Ggantija, Santa Verna, Kordin III and Skorba as well as Tac Cawla and the Bronze Age site of In Nuffara in an attempt to explored chronology, economy and landscape.
Malone is married to Cambridge archaeologist Simon Stoddart, with whom she has directed fieldwork since 1983, and together they have two children.