AUTHOR JOURNALIST SPEAKER
Massachusetts author Anne Driscoll’s career has been, at once, both maverick and serendipitous. While a social worker, she counseled juvenile delinquent girls, listening to their stories of pain and challenge. She discovered the power of stories to heal, connect, provide insight and hope and then decided she not only wanted to hear stories, she wanted to share them. She soon pursued her love of writing and telling stories and began her work as a journalist.
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Author
Anne believes in the power of story to inform, inspire and engage. She has ghostwritten books for other non-fiction authors, contributed chapters to non-fiction collections, has written a self-help series for girls entitled Girl to Girl and published a memoir of her adventures living in Ireland called Irish You Were Here.
Speaker
Anne is a versatile public presenter on stage, TV, radio and podcast. She has enthralled live audiences with a TedX talk We Are All Witnesses, appeared in Dublin as a Moth MainStage Storyteller, moderated on-stage discussions with human rights lawyer Amal Clooney as well as Making a Murderer co-directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.
Journalist
During the past 20 years as a journalist, Anne Driscoll has written more than 2,000 stories covering social issues of all kinds. Her background as a social worker has informed her work as a journalist.
Latest writings from Anne Driscoll
New News
Read MoreLast night, I sought succor and inspiration from Ellen Clegg, former deputy managing editor of the Boston Globe for
Rising
Read MoreThe recent Easter holiday triggered thoughts of birth, death and renewal, of how the seasons of the year shift,
The Truth Our Stories Hide
Read MoreThe view from under the bush in Harvard Square where she had been living offered an indisputable perspective: she
