Maule published a book, Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story, about her family life in 2004.
Maule married Douglas Dickson in Chelsea, London, in 1946, though the marriage was later dissolved.
Maule was born in Lambeth, London on 8 September 1922 to theatrical director-manager Donovan Maude and Mollie Shiells.
For services to British theatre in Kenya Annabel Maule was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1975.
Up until her retirement, Annabel has played the part of mentor and teacher to a myriad of young Kenyans who she worked with at both Starehe Boys and at Nairobi Theatre Academy.