Anne Hart lives in St John's, Newfoundland, where she was a librarian at Memorial University from 1969 until her retirement in 1997. In addition to her authorised biographies of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, she has written the acclaimed biography of Mina Hubbard, the first white woman to cross Labrador, and various stories, poems and plays. She was awarded Member of the Order of Canada in 2004 for her lasting contributions to the cultural life of her province, and an honorary doctor of letters for her achievements as a biographer and in Newfoundland studies in 2006, and is the mother of a daughter and two sons.