Anne Madden is a Modern History graduate from Somerville College, Oxford, where her special subject was Slavery, Emancipation and the American Civil War. She has worked as a news journalist for <i>The Irish News</i> and <i>Belfast Telegraph</i>, and in communications for a number of charities. She lives with her partner and dog in her home city of Belfast, where she is learning to speak Irish and enjoys cycling. <i>The Wilderness Way</i> is her first novel.
