Angela Fitchett grew up on a Waikawa Bay farm in the French Pass district of the western Marlborough Sounds, the eldest of six children. After attending Canterbury University and Christchurch Teachers' College she became a secondary school English teacher, doing her longest stint of 27 years at Nelson College where she became co-Head of English. During her 30s, Angela gained a BA (Hons) from Massey University and a Graduate Diploma in Technical Communication from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT).

Angela has written or co-written 12 English subject text books for ESA Publications, and from 2010-19 was a fortnightly columnist for the Nelson Mail. Now retired, family, travel, gardening, an interest in Nelson and French Pass history and writing are proving enjoyable and satisfying pursuits. She is married to Stephen and has three children and six grandchildren.