Anna Gilchrist is an American author who grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. At the tender age of 10, she began her love of writing when she wrote her first chapter book as part of a school project.

  

Decades later, she learned about global advocacy for children's rights, and the human rights treaty known as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) while studying for her MFA in Childhood Studies, at Swansea University.

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From there, she decided to raise awareness about children's rights, by writing and illustrating her first children's book, The Extraordinary Day of Daffodil Grey, about a Black American girl named Daffodil who, along with her cat,  helps a friend confront a bully on the playground. The book, published in 2017, received rave reviews and helped launch the Daffi and Friends book series.

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Anna currently lives in New Jersey, where she is running her publishing company, Sandfish Publishing, to support other authors and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds to create diverse children's literature.

She is also a singing member of the soul-stirring Resistance Revival Chorus and is available for school visits, book festivals, and events!