 Richard
Graham-Yooll. After graduating with an MA in English at Balliol
College, Oxford, British-born author Richard Graham-Yooll
began his
career in insurance.
His time working for Lloyds of London and subsequent business
visits to the Middle East provide much of the background for
his first novel, A Foreign Policy. In particular, his experience
advising a group of local investors in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,
how to form their own insurance company taught him valuable
lessons in mutual incomprehension and misunderstanding.
After migrating
to the US, he lived in Florida and Massachusetts before
settling in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he operates
his own advertising business. Among volunteer activities,
he has served on the boards of chambers of commerce, two theatre
groups, a literary
magazine and worked as a campaign manager for a local
politician in Florida.
He has written stories for magazines in the UK and US and
is completing a second novel, centered on an imaginary American
religious cult.
Web Site: www.aforeignpolicy.com
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