Graham Hancock

Author and Journalist

Expertise : Author
Services : Writer, Journalist and lecturer
Languages : english
Website : https://grahamhancock.com/

GRAHAM HANCOCK is a well-known author who has written many best-selling books including Magicians of the Gods, The Sign and The Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, and Heaven’s Mirror. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. As his father was a surgeon in India, Graham spent his early childhood days in India. Later, he moved to the northern English city of Durham for study. He gained his higher education at Durham University and graduated with First Class Honours in Sociology in 1973. He wanted to become a successful journalist. He worked as a writer for many of Britain’s reputed newspapers consisting of “The Times”, “The Sunday Times”, “The Independent” and The Guardian. From 1976-1979, he served as co-editor of New Internationalist magazine and East Africa correspondent of The Economist from 1981-1983.

In the early 1980s, he started writing books and his first book “Journey Through Pakistan, with photographers Mohamed Amin and Duncan Willetts” was published in 1981. He was honoured with the title of the bestseller for its book named “The Sign and The Seal” in 1992. So far, his books have sold over seven million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty languages.

Later, he got famous as an unconventional thinker and gain impressive recognization for his pseudoscientific theories, involving ancient civilizations, Earth changes, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness, ancient myths, and astronomical or astrological data from the past. Besides this, Graham appeared in TEDx show where he gave a lecture on “The War on Consciousness”. He was also seen on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast several times.

Graham is married to Santha Faiia, who is a professional photographer specializing in ancient cultures and monuments.