Simone was born in Ealing, East London in 1963. In 1981 she emigrated from England and four years later graduated with a Bachelor of Design from the University of South Australia (formerly SACAE Underdale).

Subsequently she worked as an Illustrator for an Educational publishing firm in Adelaide, producing several books from the Magic Bean and Wings series.

Since 1998 she has worked as a fine artist painting in oils and developing soft sculptures. For the last twelve years she has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and in 2005 she completed a Masters by Research degree in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia producing an interpretive investigation of the absence of the mother in relation to the 20th Century artist Balthus Klossowski.

Currently Simone lives and works in Adelaide.