Maud Ankaoua was born in 1971, in Paris. She studied international finance in Nottingham and Oxford. Then, she graduated from Political Studies department in Paris. She presented her first book named "Bugün Kalan Hayatımın İlk Günü" to her Turkish readers published by Siren Publishing in 2019. Ankaoua, who still lives in Paris today, provides investment fund consultancy to executives in new technologies and healthcare industry.