Graham Salisbury (born April 11, 1944) is an American children's writer. Salisbury was born in Philadelphia but he grew up in Hawaii and lived in Kailua, Oahu. Later he attended Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Kamuela, Hawaii.

His best known work is ‘Under the Blood Red Sun’, a historical novel that features a Japanese-American boy and his family during World War II. Salisbury worked several jobs before writing children's fiction.

He has published eleven separate novels, as well as being the author of the 'Calvin Coconut' series of nine children's books. 'Calvin Coconut' is fourth-grade whizz kid who lives in Hawaii, and he can't help being a trouble magnet. The stories are as varied as the situations that he gets himself into.

Graham Salisbury is also a very talented musician (guitarist); Salisbury was a songwriter and musician in the late 1960s, and is best known for his association with Curt Boettcher. He was a member of Boettcher's groups 'The Millennium' and 'The Ballroom' (whose 1966 album remained unreleased until 2001), before attempting a solo career of his own, with Boettcher producing, on Gary Usher's 'Together Records' label. He performed on many hit recordings from bands such as 'The Association', 'Paul Revere and The Raiders', Tommy Roe and many others.

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