Norah Burke

28 years old at the start of To Get Me To You

Brunette

Dark eyes

5'4"

Introvert

Type A overachiever

Believes in The Rules

Strong moral compass

Always has to have a plan

Loves cake

Her parents divorced when she was eleven.

Originally from Mississippi

Vice President of Sales, aka The Closer, with marketing company Helios Creative in Chicago

Has been with Helios for six years, since leaving graduate school

Has worked with Pierce Vargas (son of Philip Vargas, founder and CEO of Helios) for three years.

Has been dating Pierce for eighteen months

Informally adopted into the Campbell family after meeting Miranda in college ten years ago

Roomed with Miranda in college

Her father, Joseph Burke, is a civil rights attorney. Dating a high-powered executive called Lillian. Strongly disapproves of Norah's career choice, originally from Bay St. Louis, MS

Her mother, Margaret, is a top pediatric surgeon, a Royce from Charlotte, NC

Previously convinced a small town to welcome a big box store, believing the big company would add value.

Has an intern called Cecily and a personal assistant called Christoff

Self-care method of choice - Chinese food and chick flicks, particularly Serendipity

Likes French silk pie

Wears very high heels

Loves dogs, particularly Hush

Lived in big cities since she was eleven

First meets Cam at Miranda's New Year's Eve party - he's the only Campbell she hasn't met before

Went to Ole Miss, was Taylor medalist

Twice valedictorian

Postgrad at Northwestern, where she came top of her class

Took Mitch Campbell on a tour of Chicago when he visited Miranda during her residency

Hasn't been to Wishful in three years

Slays at all games, but particularly Monopoly

Was in the fencing club for three years in college

Has to consider all possible angles before making a decision

Once sold solar panels to an oil man

Also known as General Burke

Doesn't believe in fate

Appreciates rustic and antique touches in home fittings

Arranges her notepads by size and her pens by color

Made everyone play Trivial Pursuit in college in order to study

Doesn't believe in fate

Falls asleep after more than one glass of wine

Has no sense of rhythm and can't dance to save her life

Used to no one taking care of her

Was elected class president at her new school when she was fifteen

Youth activist for the ACLU when she was sixteen

At seventeen she interned with Amnesty International and did a summer internship at the Smithsonian

Believes she's not made for relationships

Never went to a dance in high school

Related to Miss Maudie Bell Ramsay (of the Casserole Patrol) via Benjamin Burke - third or fourth cousins, twice removed.

Her grandmother was a Fitzpatrick before her marriage.

Was the public relations chair for Delta Gamma while at Ole Miss

Considers corkboards and glass walls a professional necessity

She uses purple pens for brainstorming and blue ones for action items