Graham Diamond

Graham Diamond (born August 18, 1949) is an American author who writes across multiple genres, including fantasy and science fiction. He has published twenty novels with more than a million copies of his books in print.

Life and education Born in Manchester, England, his family moved to the United States when he was a young child.

During the early 1970s, he began working for The New York Times, becoming the weekend manager of the paper's editorial art department by the early 1980s. The book sold so well that his editors asked for a sequel, resulting in Lady of the Haven. Library Journal called his 1981 novel The Beast of Hades a "second-rate fantasy" but described Samarkand from the previous year as "an absorbing historical fantasy focusing on love and adventures.

The St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers described Diamond as having written "several undeservedly neglected novels. Apart from the generous Andre Norton, few took him seriously as a fantasy author—yet he is better than, or no worse than, some writers who are now dragonhold names. The Haven and its sequels, and Captain Sinbad, provide more than enough justification for wider popularity."