Downes, Anna: - Anna Downes was born and raised in Sheffield, UK, but now lives just north of Sydney, Australia with her husband and two children.
The Safe Place was inspired by Anna\'s experiences working as a live-in housekeeper on a remote French estate in 2009-10..
She has been published in the Zodiac Literary Review, shortlisted for the Sydney Writers Room Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Margaret River Short Story Competition.
She has degrees from both Manchester University (Drama) and RADA (Acting).
She worked as an actress before turning her attention to writing and appeared in BBC TV shows such as Eastenders , Casualty , Holby City, and Dalziel and Pascoe , as well as a long-running stage production of The Dresser in London\'s West End.
Downes, Anna: - Anna Downes was born and raised in Sheffield, UK, but now lives just north of Sydney, Australia with her husband and two children
