Aimee Alexander is the pen name of bestselling, award-winning Irish author Denise Deegan, who writes contemporary family dramas about ordinary people who become extraordinary in crisis. She lives in Dublin with her family, where she regularly dreams of sunshine, a life without cooking, and her novels being made into movies. She has a master's degree in public relations and has been a college lecturer, nurse, china restorer, pharmaceutical sales rep, public relations executive, and entrepreneur. As Denise Deegan, she writes historical fiction and young adult novels.