About Ann

Ann Bowes
Pictured below with Dannyboy

Ann Bowes was born and raised on a small hill farm and attended the local village school. At eleven she went to a Convent Grammar School as a boarder for five years.

When eighteen she married Allan, who, for thirty-four years, worked as a gamekeeper on the North York Moors until his retirement three years ago. Together they raised four children and it was because of the tragic death of one of their sons that Ann became even more involved with raising money for charity.

Her first book ‘Riding for Life’ was a direct result of one of her fundraising efforts - a journey across Northern England on horseback.

The success of this book has encouraged Ann to write her first novel, ‘Friends Forever’.

In 2003 Ann set up Fryup Press. To date Fryup Press has printed five books. Please click here fore more information.

Fryup Press currently prints an A5 48 page colour monthly newsletter - Valley News - that is distibuted in the upper Esk Valley.