Born in France. Currently living and working in England. Educated in France and England:
• Licence-ès-Lettres in English (1974), University of Lyon.
• Maîtrise-ès-Lettres in English and American literature (1976), University of Lyon.
• MA in French literature (1978) with Distinction, Birkbeck College, University of London.
• PhD in French literature (1985), Birkbeck College, University of London.
Teaching posts in further and higher education until 1988. And since 1988: independent scholar, translator and author.