Angela Arney was born in Hampshire, England, where she has lived for most of his life. She went to school in Winchester, but since 2001, she lives in Marchwood, near Southampton. A widowed, she has a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren. Before writing she had a varied career as a caberet singer, a teacher, and then hospital administrator. Angela has been a published writer of successful romantic novels since 1984, has had 16 romantic suspense stories published as well as four larger mainstream novels. She was the nineteenth elected Chairman (1997–1999) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, is a reader for the New Writers Scheme (unpublished writers) and also reads partial manuscripts for a publisher. She is a speaker for various literary events up and down the country. Together with two other local authors, June Tate and Katie Fforde, she runs creative writing courses to tutor others. As well as writing, Angela has interests in amateur theatre both as a performer and director for plays and musicals. She took time out to return to the theatre as a director of amateur companies, but she has now returned to writing novels.