Anne Griffin

Anne Griffin is an Irish novelist and short story writer based in Mullingar, County Westmeath. Originally from a working class family in Blackrock in Dublin, Griffin worked for bookseller Waterstones. She later attended Maynooth University, qualifying in the area of community work, and subsequently worked as a community development officer and in the voluntary sector. Later again, having started writing at the age of 44, she attended University College Dublin's M.A. in Creative Writing.