Sue Anderson studied archaeology as an undergraduate at Durham University, later completing an MPhil on human skeletal remains recovered from the NE of England. She worked as Finds Manager for Suffolk CC Archaeological Service for many years, and was later Head of Post-Excavation Services for CFA Archaeology Ltd, based in Scotland. She returned to East Anglia in 2013 and became a freelance finds specialist, working in particular on post-Roman pottery and human bone. She completed a doctorate on the medieval pottery of East Anglia at the UEA in 2024.