Brendan Bracken was born in Dublin, Ireland. He is an engineer and pharmacy consultant. His son and daughter, Gregory and Audrey Bracken, have had many books published, mainly to d...ver maisBrendan Bracken was born in Dublin, Ireland. He is an engineer and pharmacy consultant. His son and daughter, Gregory and Audrey Bracken, have had many books published, mainly to do with travel in places as far away as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai. Brendan inherited his love of opera from his mother, Theresa Bracken. At a very young age, she brought him to many operatic performances. In adulthood, Brendan was able to achieve his ambition. He attended an operatic performance of Tosca in the famous Arena Verona in Italy. Over the following years, he made many journeys to Verona. It was during these trips he developed the idea for the novel Aria, an operatic love story set mainly in Italy during the early part of the twentieth century. Currently, Brendan resides between Ireland and Jakarta, Indonesia.ver menos