Annie West was born in Glasgow in 1961. She graduated from Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design in 1979 with a Diploma in Design for Communications, and as a recipient of the Alfred Beit, Nora McGuinness and NCEA Patent Practicioners Awards. She began working in the Design Department at RTE (Irish National Television), subsequently at Tyne Tees Television and various independent TV productions for Channel Four. This was followed by a decade working in the Art Department on feature films in Ireland, Britain and America. She also Art directed music video specials for Robert Plant, The Style Council and the Hothouse Flowers, as well as working on the development of artwork for music CDs for many bands including among others, The Waterboys, Sharon Shannon and Matt Molloy.

She specialises in highly detailed line and ink drawings with the emphasis on detail. She is particular and punctual, and can work to extremely tight deadlines.

Annie exhibits annually in Dublin, Sligo and Galway and at her Online Gallery. She illustrates figures from history, literature and science with mischief in mind. She also works to commission and originals can be found in the collections of film stars, musicians, children, policitians, firefighters and rugby internationals.

Annie has over a dozen children's books published both here (in Ireland), and in the UK and America. She has recently completed work on a series of illustrations for Children's BBC and has a number of books in development.

In her spare time Annie coaches Under 8's Rugby.

Annie is a member of the Illustrator's Guild of Ireland, The Association of Illustrators (UK) and the American Society of Illustrators.