Andrea lives in Greater Manchester and since 2012 has been an Authorised Lay Minister in the Manchester Diocese.
She first trained as a nurse, midwife and operating theatre nurse teacher, and later as an art historian with interests in Christian art and stained glass. She approached retirement combining both art and medicine as an associate of the Arts for Health Department at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Creative writing has become an interest since she retired, considering the interaction between faith, medicine and art – themes explored in her The Window Makers novels, Man of Glass and Life of Glass.