Graham Sharpe has led an adventurous life, starting when he served with a "crack" special forces battalion and army intelligence unit. He has travelled the world extensively, lived in several countries, including Kenya, where his eldest daughter was born. He worked for organisations varying in size from multinationals, where he rose to be managing director and chief executive, to his own small company, where he was everything from chairperson to "chief bottle washer". Now he lives quietly, having been widowed, after many years of marriage to "the most gorgeous girl in the world!".