Suzanne Carlisle Crowley was born in the small town of Uvalde, Texas and spent her childhood in Austin and Houston.
Crowley graduated from Stratford High School in Houston, and attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning her Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1986 with a minor in English.
After discovering doll house shops in high-school and taking a few classes, she began making her own miniature room boxes.
Her hobbies include making miniature sculptures and dollhouses, art collecting, playing piano, shopping, studying history, reading, and traveling.
The main character of Crowley's first published novel, The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee, has characteristics of Asperger's syndrome and lives in a small town in west Texas.