Vivien Carmichael is of Scottish parentage and was born and brought up in Brighton, UK. She went to Varndean Grammar School for Girls and undertook a Teachers Training Course in London. She spent a year living in Paris and then returned to London where she met and married her first husband. She has two sons, Nick and James and spent some years at home bringing them up. Vivien decided to attend Brighton University as a mature student when her youngest some went to school. She successfully gained a BA (Hons) degree in Library and Information Studies. Vivien worked for some years in Special Libraries in London and now works in as a carer for a local Care provider. She has mow written a sequel soon to be published.