Aideen was born in Dublin, Ireland. She married when she was 23, had 3 children and, after 21 years of marriage, separated and later was divorced. In her mid-40s she attended Dublin City University, studying Computer Science at night and working full time during the day. In 1994 she emigrated to America, having won a green card in the lottery. She now lives just outside Austin Texas with her second husband and works as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer. She hopes one day to retire and concentrate on writing fulltime.