Has British author Salman Rushdie nabbed himself another hot girlfriend? The "Satanic Verses" writer has been all over the British press thanks to his relationship with Aimee Mullins, a 32-year-old Irish American stunner who's a double amputee, a star athlete, Georgetown graduate, model . . . you name it, Aimee's done it.

Rushdie, 60, who was dumped by his much younger fourth wife, cooking show host Padma Lakshmi last year, has been spotted out and about in New York with Mullins, but he claims that they're just good buddies. "Aimee is a dear friend of mine and so is her boyfriend," he said. "Only a couple of months ago I was in love with Carrie Fisher apparently." Aimee, the daughter of an Irish immigrant from Co. Clare, is quite a catch. We're quite familiar with her here at the Irish Voice, as she's attended several events hosted by our sister publication Irish America magazine, and has never failed to charm and inspire. That's not surprising given her list of accomplishments - a member of the U.S. Paralympics team, a world record holder in the 100 meter dash, activist on behalf of the disabled, the list goes on and on. Her handicap - Aimee was born without fibula bones in her legs, and her parents took the decision to amputate below her knees and have her fitted with prosthetics, instead of having her face life in a wheelchair - has never stopped her from achieving her goals, so she's clearly a formidable woman. Formidable enough for one of the world's most (in)famous writers? According to a report in Britain's Daily Mail, Aimee and Rushdie attended a party at a hotel in New York earlier this month, and seemed to be a couple. "They certainly looked like they were on a date. They arrived together, left together and were being touchy-feely," reported the paper. "Salman would take her arm as they walked around the room and when he was talking to people, she'd wait a step behind him. "She said they'd been to another movie earlier that day and they'd been drinking together since the afternoon. 'We've been hanging out together for the day. I'm a little drunk,"" she said, "and we're tired.'" There is, however, the matter of the aforementioned Mullins boyfriend that Rushdie made mention of. His name is Eric Treiber and they've dated since high school in Pennsylvania. "As far as everyone knows, Aimee is still loyal to Eric," a Mullins friend told the Mail. "She has never mentioned breaking up with him. "But now that Salman Rushdie is taking an interest in her, you do have to think she may finally have outgrown her roots. Rushdie is a high-risk, high-maintenance guy, but Aimee has taken far bigger risks than this." Perhaps if she needs time and space to clear her head Aimee will travel to Ireland, where she's been several times in the past. In fact her father Brendan considered moving the family back there when the kids were small - Aimee has two younger brothers - but decided the opportunities were better in the U.S. for the kids. "Nobody cares what I do in Ireland - I'm just Aimee," she told Irish America during an interview with the magazine a few years back.