Graham Hoyland

Graham Francis Hoyland (born 12 May 1957) is a British author, mountaineer and sailor. He was the 15th Briton to climb Mount Everest and instigated the 1999 Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition, which was responsible for finding George Mallory's body.

Hoyland was a BBC producer for over 30 years and worked on programmes such as Dragon's Den and Around the World in 80 Faiths.

In 2019 The Independent newspaper named him as one of the "5 Most Inspiring Explorers".

Books

 * Last Hours on Everest: The Gripping Story of Mallory and Irvine's Fatal Ascent (published by William Collins, 2013). Given an honourable mention by the Boardman Tasker prize.
 * Walking Through Spring (William Collins, 2016)
 * Yeti: An Abominable History (William Collins, 2018). Awarded Book of the Week in The Times newspaper
 * Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII (William Collins, 2020)
 * Jet: The Engine That Changed The World (Key, 2022)

Personal life
In September 2016 it was reported that his ex-wife Sarah Champion MP (who, at the time was Labour's shadow minister for Domestic Abuse) had been arrested and cautioned by police for attacking him in 2007.