Joe Craig

Joe Craig (born 1980 or 1981)

He studied philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he wrote and composed music for the Cambridge Footlights.

Career In 2002, he provided the score for the musical theatre production Told You So: A Musical Hijacking of Aesop's Fables (book and lyrics by John Finnemore).

His first children's book, Jimmy Coates: Killer, was published in 2005. He described the plot as being about "a boy on the run from the secret service, battling Britain’s dictatorship, while resisting his own genetic programming that gives him the instincts and abilities of an assassin".

In 2010, Craig released an album of songs which he wrote and performed himself: The Songman & Me, Vol. 1.

Personal life

He met anthropologist and television presenter Mary-Ann Ochota when they attended Cambridge University together; they began dating in 2000 and eventually married. Their son, Cole, was born in July 2018. They live in Highgate, London.

Books Jimmy Coates: Killer, HarperCollins Children's Books, March 2005, (Released in the United States under the title Jimmy Coates: Assassin.) Jimmy Coates: Target, HarperCollins Children's Books, May 2006, Jimmy Coates: Revenge, HarperCollins Children's Books, January 2007, Jimmy Coates: Sabotage, HarperCollins Children's Books, October 2007, Jimmy Coates: Survival, HarperCollins Children's Books, April 2008, Jimmy Coates: Power, HarperCollins Children's Books, October 2008, Jimmy Coates: Blackout, HarperCollins Children's Books, June 2013, Lifters, Franklin Watts, September 2011, World of Robots: Jango, Rising Stars, February 2019, World of Robots: Wild, Rising Stars, February 2019, World of Robots: Breakdown, Rising Stars, February 2019, World of Robots: Hijack, Rising Stars, February 2019, Odi's Day, OUP Oxford, February 2022,

Short e-books: Save the Human, CB Creative Books, December 2014 Head Strong, CB Creative Books, December 2014 The Mendack Affair, CB Creative Books, December 2014

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