Ann Liddell was born in Darlington, a town she loves and continues to live in with her husband and children.

Her love of live music came from her dad, who was a great singer of old favourites such as ‘I’ll take you home again, Kathleen’, which he dedicated to Ann’s mum, Katie, during impromptu after hours singing sessions. Although her mum wasn’t a good singer, she taught Ann ‘Make Me A Channel of Your Peace’, a song which touched her deeply.

Ann wrote her first song, ‘I’m just an ordinary girl’, at the age of five, singing it at family parties but especially while swinging on the front gate. She has continued to enjoy ordinariness, taking pleasure in routine days as much as feast days. She has led music praise at parish and diocesan level as well as at larger events such the Walsingham New Dawn Conference and Emmanuel Youth Camps in Ireland. She also enjoys other styles of music, playing individually, in a duo with her husband Mike, and with friends in a blues/rock band which has raised substantial sums of money for charitable causes since the mid-1990s.

She is a teacher by profession, and is currently working with infants, a job she adores. She regards the making of her CDs as one of the many blessings in her life.