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Vivian
French lives in both Bristol and Edinburgh. She'd like to
live in London, Newcastle, New York and Swansea as well;
she can never make up her mind which city she likes best.
She has four grown-up daughters and a cat - the cat lives
in Bristol because there's a tiny pond and he likes catching
frogs. (He doesn't eat them. He just plays with them.)
She
is a visiting lecturer at the University of the West of
England, and has been a writer in residence in schools reaching
from the Orkney Islands to Oklahoma. She was also a regular
reviewer for The Guardian for five years.
Vivian
worked in children's theatre for ten years as both an actor
and writer, and has had plays performed in venues such as
the Young Vic Studio in London and the Wyvern Theatre in
Swindon. She is now a children's author and story teller;
she has been telling stories for more than twenty years
in schools, community centres, theatres - wherever there
are people to listen.
Her
first three stories were published in 1990 and since then
she has written more than a hundred books, both fiction
and non-fiction. Just recently she has been writing plays
again. "Things seem to have gone full circle," she says.
"But I guess it's all to do with words ... I do LOVE words!"
You
can read our interview with Vivian by clicking
here, you can also look for books by Vivian by clicking
on the Bibliography link to the right of this page.
Profile
supplied by Vivian French, 2001.
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