Αngela Kastrinaki was born in Athens in 1961. She is a Professor of Modern Greek Literature at the Department of Philology, University of Crete. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, where she completed her dissertation titled The Adventures of Youth: Generational Contrasts in Greek Prose (published in 1995). Her other works include The Voice of the Birthplace (1997), Literature in the Turbulent Decade of 1940-1950 (2005). She has edited and published Lemonforest by Kosmas Politis with the study "Seeking the Golden Fleece" (2010), Wax Doll by K. Christomanos with the study "Like the Almond Trees: Symbols and Themes in Wax Doll" (2013), a volume featuring five love stories by Papadiamantis with the study "Eros Narcissus - Divine Eros: Aspects of Love in Papadiamantis' Work" (2017), and the monograph Speak, Penelope! Literary Transformations of the Mythical Heroine in Greece and the Western World from the 19th Century to Our Days (2023).

She has been honored with the "Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Award" for works related to the depiction of Turks in Greek narratives, and with the "State Essay Award" for the monograph Literature in the Turbulent Decade 1940-1950. She directs the series "Old Texts, New Readings" at the Crete University Press. She is also a prose writer and has published seven narrative works (short stories, novels, and autobiographical narratives) as well as a theatrical play. Her interests include the Greek 19th and 20th-century literature, comparative philology, gender issues, editorial work and creative writing.

She is the director of the Writing Center of the School of Letters, and has served as the Head of the Department of Philology (Jan. 2013 - Aug. 2016) and Dean of the School of Letters (Sept. 2018 - Aug. 2021).