Aideen Henry is a poet, short story writer and dramatist. She completed an MA in Writing, NUI, Galway  (1^st class Honours) and has published 3 books of poetry with Salmon Poetry, Hands Moving at the Speed of Falling Snow, Slow Bruise and A Bloodless Field. She has published 1 collection of short stories, Hugging Thistles, with Arlen House. She has written plays for stage and radio.

She is a recipient of a Literature Bursary Award from the Irish Arts Council and was shortlisted for the Hennessy XO Literary Awards. Her short stories have been shortlisted for Francis McManus Awards and her radioplays have been shortlisted for the PJ O’Connor Awards. She has completed residencies in Heinrich Boll Writer’s Residency, Achill, in Áras Éanna Writer’s Residency, Aran, in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre and in Cill Rialaig, Kerry. She was on the Committee of the Cúirt International Poetry Festival.

Her work has been broadcast on RTE Radio and has been published in Southword, Ourobourous Review, Salamander, Ambit, The Interpreter’s House, The Dublin Review, The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, Café Review, The Honest Ulsterman, Cyphers, Drawn to the Light and numerous anthologies.