Graham McDonald has been building mandolins for 35 years. He has published two books on musical instrument construction - The Bouzouki Book in 2004 and The Mandolin Project in 2008 in addition to numerous articles on musical instruments for various journals. His new book The Mandolin - a history, is the first major study of both European and American mandolins. He lives in Canberra, Australia and is working on a couple of new books.