Born in Dublin, Ireland, Evelyn immigrated to the United States at the age of two, and grew up in Chicago. She spent seven years in Tucson, Arizona and for the last seventeen has resided in East Texas. She started writing about nine years ago while taking care of her elderly parents.

            She traveled to Ireland to visit friends and family almost yearly. She loved reading paranormal romances, and began researching Irish mythology based around Newgrange, which in itself intrigued her. Most writers portrayed the Tuatha Dé Danann as tricksters or deadly fae. She brought them into the same light as some of her favorite authors did with the vampires and wares. So now, we have vamps, wares, and fae all living in our neighborhoods and don’t even know it.

          The Magic from Within won 1^st place in the East Texas Writers Association Writing Contest in 2006 and 3^rd place in 2007 with the East Texas Writers Guild.  Since then it has undergone a few changes including its name to Unknown Magic.