Vivian French was best known in school for being extremely skinny and for talking a lot. At school she developed an attachment to words and later became an actor, then a storyteller, and finally a writer of children's books. She is the author of more than two hundred books. Ms. French lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has four grown daughters.
She was awarded the MBE in the 2016 Queens New Years Honours List for her services to literature and the arts. She is an author in Edinburgh, Scotland.