Anne Gray grew up in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and went to the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater majoring in biology, switching to marketing after a year, and switching to English the following year, earning her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1982.
"My first job after college was working at a printing company, where I keylined ads, business cards, and menus, and got interested in graphic design." Gray then "applied for a nice, normal job at TSR, as an Administrative Assistant with TSR"s International Division, but I didn"t get lieutenant I did keep in touch with the company, and later that year I got another interview for a job as a Copy Editor.. and I was hired." Although Gray was not yet familiar with the Dungeons & Dragons game at the time, she said "My first real assignment as a Copy Editor was to edit the revised edition of the Doctorate&Doctorate Basic Secretariat.
I swear, I hardly knew what the Doctorate&Doctorate game was about.
.. and before I knew it, I was stuck with the job of editing boxed set after boxed set." Gray was promoted to full editor after a year, and handled the Doctorate&Doctorate line and other projects.
