Anne Pia is based in Edinburgh. The grandchild of Italian immigrants in Scotland, she was born in Edinburgh but raised surrounded by the food, traditions and dialect of southern Italy. Her Italian grandmother was a major influence in her life. Anne has passed on her grandmother's sense of style, love of food and wise views of life to her three daughters: Camilla aged 36, Roberta aged 31 and Sophie-Louise aged 28.
She has a long experience of writing for different audiences. A language graduate and former teacher with a recent Doctorate in Education (2008), she has been published many times in professional and academic journals, the Times Educational Supplement and the Scottish Educational Review. As a government official and HM Inspector, she has been responsible for national reports for a range of stakeholders on education in the adult learning world.
Since retiring from education, her poetry has been published in Northwords Now, Poetry Scotland, New Voices Press, Lunar Poetry, The Fat Damsel and several times in London's South Bank Poetry Magazine. Her work has also been published online in Far Off Places, Poet and Geek and Ink, Sweat & Tears. Her poem 'Viticuso 1913 and 2005' has been translated into Italian.
She also plays the mandolin and is an active participant in musical activities throughout Scotland as a member of the Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra and The Poetics a small group who have played music at a number of poetry festivals around Scotland.