Marisa Mackle is the author of the bestselling novels, "Mr. Right for the Night", "So Long Mr. Wrong" and "Mile High Guy". When she was an air hostess she once woke Maeve Binchy on a flight to tell her about her book. A few months later she got her first publishing deal after a chance meeting with Deirdre Purcell. A year after that Marisa read her short story at the launch of a charity compilation. Maeve Binchy was in the front row of the audience!

When she's not traveling or relaxing in the south of Spain, Marisa lives in her home in Dublin and loves to socialize with her girlfriends. Marissa has one memory of Valentines Day that sticks out! "One Valentine's I remember going out for dinner to a fancy restaurant. Georgina and Nicky from Westlife were sitting beside me and my boyfriend. I was so busy trying to eavesdrop on their conversation that my boyfriend got in a huff and we ended up arguing!"