Eileen–who also writes under the pen name Kathleen Korbel–is the
New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of over thirty-one romance novels, including eight medical/forensic suspenses and seven short stories. A retired trauma nurse, Eileen lives in her native St. Louis with her large and noisy Irish family, of which she is the reluctant matriarch. She also has pets but refuses to subject them to the limelight.