Anne Freeman is a published author, and freelance copywriter, with a professional background in sales and marketing and a tertiary qualification in public relations and business. She is a social media content creator at Social Media Tribe and a sometimes contributor to Onya Magazine.
Drawing from the many tools in her writer’s toolkit, Anne enjoys embodying the voice and persona of each new client she represents, producing valuable and enjoyable content to speak to varying audiences. With nerd-level organisational skills and off the charts enthusiasm, Anne loves what she does, and it shows.
From her little teak desk on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Anne also writes contemporary fiction about women who are stuck in life and the extraordinary ways they shake themselves loose. They’re always engaging and sometimes funny with reluctant adventures, sexy escapades and friendships that uplift.
Anne's second novel, ME THAT YOU SEE, was shortlisted in the 2022 Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize and longlisted in the 2023 Grindstone Literary International Novel Prize. It is due for release by Hawkeye Publishing in March 2024.
Anne's debut novel, RETURNING TO ADELAIDE was released by Hawkeye Publishing in March 2022. It was a finalist in the 2021 Romance Writers of Australia Valerie Parv Award and was longlisted in the 2021 Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize.
Anne's short story, THE LIGHT IS GOLDEN, was awarded first place in the Open Short Story category of the 2023 Boroondara Literary Awards. Her other short stories have been awarded in the 2023 Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland Short Story Competition, the 2023 Mansfield Readers and Writers Short Story Competition, the 2023 Darebin Mayor’s Creative Writing Program, the 2022 Sydney Hammond Memorial Competition and the Australian Writers' Centre Furious Fiction Competition.