Máire Dinny Wren lives in her native home of Gaoth Dobhair in county Donegal where she writes poetry and short fiction. Prior to returning home in 1999, Máire lived in London for twenty-one years, where she was a member of the Green Ink Writers group.

Máire’s first collection of short stories, Go mbeinnse choíche saor, was published by Éabhlóid in 2015. In these stories Máire gives voice to a wide range of characters; characters that might otherwise be overlooked. Some of her previous short fiction was included in the collection Go dtí an lá bán, also published by Éabhlóid.

Máire has received numerous awards for her stories, including Duais Fhoras na Gaeilge at The Listowel Writers’ week in 2010 for Ag Téarnamh chun Baile. A radio adaption of the story Thar an Tairseach was broadcast by Drama on One, RTÉ Radio One and was shortlisted for the Prix Europa 2013 award in Berlin for best radio drama.

Máire has published two collections of poems. The first, Ó Bhile go Bile, was published by Coiscéim in 2011. Her second poetry collection, Tine Ghealáin, published by Éabhlóid in 2019 was shortlisted for the Oireachtas na Gaeilge, Gradam Uí Shuilleabháin Award 2020.

Her poems and short stories have been broadcast on RTÉ One, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Raidió Fáilte and BBC Radio Ulster and have been published in publications such as Poetry Ireland Review, Irish Pages, Comhar, an tUltach, Feasta and the Winners’ Anthology 2010 of the Listowel Writers’ Week.