Crafty Anna

Anna Craft was a prominent British Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, leading the CREATE research cluster and directing The Open Creativity Centre, while also serving as Reader at The Open University. She was a pioneering advocate for creativity in education, founding the BERA Special Interest Group on Creativity in Education and co-editing the journal Thinking Skills and Creativity. Her influential books include Creativity in Schools, Creative Learning 3-11, and Creativity, Education and Society, which compiled her key writings; she passed away in 2014 at age 52 after battling cancer.