Anna Belle is an educator, a graduate of Middlebury College, Castleton University and Union Institute -- all colleges or universities in Vermont, United States She lives on their small family farm with her husband and youngest son. When not writing, she enjoys time with her husband, children and grandchildren, traveling, gardening, watching baseball, and taking care of her alpacas, bees and chickens. Anna Belle also is an avid knitter and spinner, and often her best ideas for novels come when at the spinning wheel or in the garden.