Deirdre Daly is from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. She is a primary school teacher and has written a variety of plays which have been performed by her classes in the school hall and also in the Balor Theatre in Ballybofey. She has performed on stage on numerous occasions herself with The Letterkenny Panto Society and the Letterkenny Music and Drama society in An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny. She currently lives with her husband and three children.