She graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1982.
Henry is editor and publisher of Cardinal Flower Journal, an online literary magazine featuring writing and photography of rural New England.
Formerly, she has served as assistant attorney general of the state of Maine in the Department of Child Protection.
[2] She is co-founder, with Alice N. Persons, of Moon Pie Press, and served as co-editor from its founding until 2005.
[4] She has been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize,[5] and has served as an associate editor of the literary journal The Café Review.