Flora Mildred was born in 1926 in Liverpool, England, UK. The youngest of four children, Flora and her family lived in the same house until she was a teen. In 1949, she graduated from Liverpool University, where she met Robert Kidd, her husband. They moved to Scotland, where she began teaching and raised their four children: Richard, Patricia, Peter and David.

Flora was given some romances to read and thought she would like to try and write one. She published her first novel, Visit To Rowanbank, in 1966. From this first sale to Mills and Boon, she continued her romance career until 1989. In 1977, the family moved to Canada.

Flora Kidd passed away on 19 March 2008 at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.