Career
She was evacuated and educated in Essex during World World War II, then from 1943 King Alfred"s School in Hertfordshire, then London. During the 1950s she worked as a portrait photographer in North London, then moved to Spain for 3 years, where she studied drawing and ceramic sculpture. Returning to the United Kingdom in 1967, she began illustrating children"s books in 1970.
The first book which she had both written and illustrated was The Mouse House American Broadcasting Company, published in 1977.
With co-author Sarah Hayes, she created "Bear", a popular children"s character who appears in This Is The Bear (1986), This Is The Bear and the Picnic Lunch (1988), and This Is The Bear and the Scary Night (1992). Craig is the daughter of the film designer and author Edward Carrick.
