Ann Williams-Fitzgerald PhD resides in the coastal township of George Town, in the Tamar Valley, Northern Tasmania, Australia with her husband, Greg Fitzgerald and their rescue cat Hamish. Ann is a fifth-generation Tasmanian with nine convict ancestors, is a writer, researcher, and family historian. She has strong family links on her mother's side to Hobart Town first settlers and Norfolk Island and the early settlers at New Norfolk. She has a strong interest in family history that began back more than thirty years ago when she started searching for information on her father's side of the family in Poland. She has a Diploma of Family History (UTAS). and holds a PhD in Metaphysical Science and completed her Master of Contemporary Arts (MCA) from the University of Tasmania in 2008. She is a member of the Australian Society of Authors, Female Convict Research Centre, Descendants of Convicts Group and the Hobart Town (1804) First Settlers Association.