Die skryfster onderneem, nie te lank na WOII nie, saam met haar man, 'n reis in die Skandinawiese Lande (Denemarke, Swede, Noorwee en Finland) asook Rusland.
Anna Margaretha Louw is one of South Africa's most acclaimed novelists. She studied English, Afrikaans, Dutch, German, French and Psychology at Stellenbosch University (BA). She accompanied her husband, L. A. Hurst, to New York, where they lived for two years. At the University of Columbia she took courses in Journalism and Drawing. Back in South Africa Anna studied at the University of Cape Town (BSocSc). She started writing soon afterwards, when married to her second husband, Gerhard Bassel. They undertook extensive travels through Europe. Her husband died in 1990.
Anna M. Louw had five children: Wendy, Nicholas and Elizabeth from her marriage with Lewis Hurst. Her second husband, is the father of the twins, Christina and Editha.