Anna Caig
Anna Caig has worked in communications for 17 years. She tutors on the MA Journalism course at the University of Sheffield and runs a business training creative people in how to do their own marketing.
Anna is obsessed with the hidden voices of women and a compelling underdog story. Luckily, history offers plenty of these. She’s inspired by the glimpses into a woman’s life we get before the historical record moves onto something considered much more important. What was happening in these gaps?
Anna lives in the ‘howling wilderness’ of the Peak District and has worked in marketing for over 20 years. She grew up reading indiscriminately: Agatha Christie, Stephen King, Alexandre Dumas and the Brontës happily coexisted in precarious piles on her bedside table. She believes reading is the most fun it’s possible to have – some of her best memories are of the books she’s read; some of her best friends and biggest loves are fictional.
Anna writes historical fiction set in amazing landscapes. Anna was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger in 2020 with her entry The Spae-Wife, set in Orkney against the back drop of the witch trials. Her debut novel, The Wise Witch of Orkney, published in February 2026, is inspired by this entry.
