Graham was born in Derby, England, in 1948. He ‎completed an engineering apprenticeship with Rolls ‎Royce, but the company went into voluntary ‎liquidation in 1970, which caused a change in his ‎career path. He married Ann in 1972, and they set up ‎a home in Buckinghamshire, then Farnborough, ‎Hants, handy commuting distances from London. ‎They raised their two children there, Julie and David, ‎and eventually, Graham set up his own air ‎conditioning company. This was very successful, but ‎as retirement approached, he spent time writing the ‎novel he always thought he had in him. Blood of Your ‎Hero is the result. ‎