In 1960, she was a founder of the Romantic Novelists' Association, along with Denise Robins, Barbara Cartland, and others; she was elected the first chairman.
Later she spent time in Hungary in the capacity of private tutor in English, while she obtained a pathologist qualification at the University of Budapest in 1938.
Having earned an ambulance driver's certificate, she joined the Australian Forces at the Women's Auxiliary Service during World War II.
Many of her romance novels were protagonized by doctors or nurses, and set in Asia, Australia or other places she had visited.
Her novel, "Gay Cavalier" (1955 as Alex Stuart) caused trouble between Vivian and her Mills & Boon editors.
In 1960, she was a founder of the Romantic Novelists' Association, along with Denise Robins, Barbara Cartland, and others; she was elected the first chairman.