Graham Holliday

Graham Holliday was born in Manchester in 1952 and educated at Ludworth County Primary School, Manchester Grammar School, Brasenose College Oxford and University College London. As a professional librarian, he has worked at the University of Hull (under Philip Larkin), Kingston Polytechnic and the international law firm Clyde & Co, as head of Library & Information Services. Graham’s radio plays include A Bump in the Road (BBC and Germany), The Scottish Play (BBC and South Africa) and Hans Across the Sea (South Africa). The stage version of The Scottish Play is published by Samuel French and has received over 100 productions around the world. His children’s play Primula the Non-Sheepdog and the Great Grey Wolf is also published by Samuel French and has proved popular with youth groups. Other stage works include Over the Bridge and the children’s musical The End of Yellow, first performed in 1985 by Teddington Theatre Club.

Graham is the author of several novels for readers of about 10 to 13 (and upwards). These include a series of fantasy adventures called The Perex Chronicles, of which two volumes have so far been published by Shellsfoot Press: The Boy from the Night Sky (2023) and The Cloven Flame (2024), both available from Amazon or bookshops.

Graham Holliday lives in a village in Wiltshire with his wife Jill and various cats.