Carol "Pixie" Brearley was born in Florida, raised in Brooklyn/Queens NY, and moved to upstate NY in her early teens where she now resides with her family and cats in their inner city home.

When Pixie is not being a mom, wife, housekeeper, cook, and writer, she spends her free time reading, doing assorted crafts and gardening. She is also a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval recreation group.

After getting a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, she looked into the workforce but was highly disappointed by the lack of available jobs. Deciding to be a stay-at-home mother of three, she chose family over career and does not regret a moment of it, because it allowed her to bring The Dark Angel Trilogy to life.