Áine Greaney grew up on a small farm in County Mayo, Ireland. In the mid 1980s, she became one of the estimated 200,000 young Irish who emigrated to the U.S.

Greaney’s fifth published book, “Trespassers and Other Stories” was released on March 4, 2025 and is now available to order from the publisher’s and wherever good books are sold. Trespassers is a transatlantic collection of literary stories about characters (mostly women and aged 17 - 77) who feel perpetually displaced or stuck in misfit places.

In America, Greaney’s work has been cited in “Best American Essays,” and her second novel, “Dance Lessons” was named a “great group read” by the Women’s National Book Association. Her essay, “Sanctuary” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

In addition to her books (Simon & Schuster, Writers Digest/Penguin Random House, Syracuse UP), her essays, features and stories have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, The Boston Globe Magazine, The New York Times, Books Ireland, KevinMD, Another Chicago Magazine, NPR's WBUR Radio, Salon, The Mindful Word, IMAGE Magazine, The Irish Times, The Wisdom Daily, Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine, Tendon, Johns Hopkins Center for Medical Humanities and many other publications.

Teaching and speaking venues include The National Writers Digest Conference; The Cape Cod Writers Conference; Saint John’s University, Minnesota; California State University, Chico; The Irish Writers Centre; The Arkansas Literary Festival; The New Hampshire Writers Project; The Newburyport Literary Festival; Boston Writing Workshop; The Frank O’ Connor Festival of the Short Story (Ireland); International Women’s Writing Guild; The Carver School of Medicine, Iowa; Seattle Children’s Hospital, and others.

A trained teacher with a master’s degree in English and trained in expressive writing, she has designed and led creative and wellness writing workshops for 20+ years.