Ian Graham was born in Belfast in 1953. After taking a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City University, London, he went to work as a writer and editor for a group of electronics, computer and video magazines in London. After three years, he went freelance and has been writing mainly children's illustrated non-fiction books ever since then. He has had more than 230 books published on a wide range of topics, including space exploration, aircraft, forensic science, robots, military technology, transport, engineering and general science.