Biography
Flora born on 1926 in Liverpool, England. In 1949, she graduated at the Liverpool University, where she met Robert Kidd, her husband with whom she had four children: Richard, Patricia, Peter and David.
The Kidds moved to Scotland, where Flora began teaching. There, she wrote her first novel, which was published in 1966. She continued to write while their children grew.
In 1977, the Kidd family moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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