Vivien Goldman (b. 25th August 1954) is a British journalist, writer and musician. She was born in London, the child of two German-Jewish refugees from National Socialist Germany. She studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick. She began her career as a PR officer for Island Records. Goldman wrote for the music magazines NME, Sounds and Melody Maker about reggae, punk and post-punk. She was a founding member of The Flying Lizards, shared a flat with fellow NMEjournalist and The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde.