A nna Camara was born in Sao Miguel, Azores, and grew up in Toronto's Kensington and Beaches neighbourhoods. After attending theatre school, she helped to found Opus Theatre in Hamilton, Ontario, and then worked as a designer, costumer, playwright and actor in regional theatres across the province. While freelancing and volunteering in her school community as a visiting artist and gardener, she began to write fiction. For her fiction and non-fiction work she draws on her family's experience of immigrating to Toronto, her immersion in the expanding culture of the city and her interest in visual media.

A nna Camara foi a coordenadora da exposição Sem Saudade, enquadra nas comemorações dos 50 anos da Comunidade Portuguesa no Canadá