Paul R Graham grew up in Northern Ireland, with a brief spell as a child in Australia. He joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary three months after his 18th birthday, entering the Enniskillen training center in January 1977. He served for 28 challenging years both in uniform and as a detective, leaving the PSNI in June 2005. Later that year he travelled to Iraq as a Private Security Contractor. That adventure is the topic of this, his first book. He now resides in North Carolina and has become a US Citizen.