Áine Ní Ghlinn is a bilingual Irish journalist, poet, playwright and children's writer.
She went to the Presentation Convent in Thurles and then to University College Dublin where she got her degree in Irish and English.
Ní Ghlinn teaches creative writing to all ages, especially in Gaelscoileanna (i.e. Irish speaking schools.)
She was awarded Oireachtas prizes for drama and for her books, Fuadach, Tromluí, Daideo, Hata Zú Mhamó, Boscadán and Úbalonga.
Hata Zú Mhamó and Boscadán also won Gradam Réics Carló Irish Language Book of the Year award.