Vivian June Isoult French MBE (born 1945) is a British writer of picture book texts, novels, plays, and non-fiction for children and young adults.
Vivian French was born in Bedfordshire and educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Exeter University.
As well as writing story books for young children, she has written plays and poetry.
French was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to literature, literacy, illustration, and the arts.
[3] Her series Tales from the Five Kingdoms has been described as "hilarious adventures with wicked witches, trolls, bats and fairy-tale magic" (Books for Keeps) and the Sunday Telegraph has called French "a sublime story-teller".