Frans was born and raised in Pretoria. He attended Infantry School, the University of Pretoria, Grootfontein Agricultural College and 43 Air School. After spending 12 years in the Karoo as a farmer, he became a commercial contract-pilot and, later, an operations manager in North Africa.
Currently, Frans is operations manager at Cape Town Flight Training Centre. He also writes non-fiction at fransmeyer.com and freelances for other clients. He lives in Cape Town with his writer-wife, Michelle, her two cats, and a mini-Schnauzer called Maddie.