Since 2000, Ann has written over 200 articles and columns. Her published credits include Herb Quarterly, Organic Garden, Garden Compass, Texas Gardener, Mature Living, Gardening How-To and other home an dlifestyle magazines. In between writing, she has spoken at numerous garden events and meetings in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond.

Ann began her interest in gardening and cooking while growing up in rural Southern California. On her family’s three acres, she learned to irrigate the orchard, plow the alfalfa, shovel the cow manure, and string barbed wire. Dad managed the pasture and the fruit orchard. Her mom grew vegetables and flowers and helped Ann to learn the basics of gardening and cooking. But as soon as she got a place of her own, it was herbs , herbs, and more herbs!

After getting a bachelors degree in mathematics from UCLA, Ann joined Hughes Aircraft in 1976 and started on a long career programming and managing computers used in aerospace manufacturing. It was a lot of fun but the call of her organic roots couldn’t be denied forever.

In 1998 Ann left her career in aerospace and moved with her family to Texas to pursue her  interest in herbs. This was part of her well-planned mid-life crisis. Being an incurable optimist, she started "Creative Seasoning Network," a website on cooking and gardening with herbs while she was still in the throes of completing an MBa at Rider University in New Jersey. The website was well received by the surfing public but, alas, never made money. In 2000 she retired the website and turned her attention to writing and speaking.

A committed Christian, Ann lives in Fort Worth with her husband, mother, and two dogs. She is an active member of the Greater Fort Worth Herb Society and the Garden Writer's Association.