Aurore (Dionne) Eaton earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Colby-Sawyer College and studied theatre design at Dartmouth College. She is the former executive director of the Manchester Historic Association and of the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Historical Society. Aurore has researched and promoted Manchester's history for over twenty-five years. She writes a weekly column, "Looking Back," for the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper that focuses on New Hampshire history.