Background
Craig was born and grew up in North London, where he attended University College School.
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This is a three books collection. Titles in this collection are: Jimmy Coates: Revenge, Killer, Target --- Joe studied Philosophy at Cambridge University, graduating in 2002. While there he wrote and performed with the Cambridge Footlights and co-hosted a show on the University radio station. As well as being a writer, he is a songwriter and musician. He has performed as a singer/songwriter at various venues in London,--- Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he's not. He's genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. Speed, strength and deadly instincts - it's all in his blood. He has to fight not to kill ... while his government fights to kill him. On the run, Jimmy's newfound talents are tested to their limits. But how can he survive when his enemy's greatest weapon is a boy just like him
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An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure - and death! Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could feel himself doing it. He pushed out with his legs and the thrust sent him flying backwards into the air...Then his fingers locked on to the cold wire of the fence, poised in a perfect handstand on the top. Who are the mysterious men chasing Jimmy across the city? Why are they after him? What are Jimmy's parents keeping from him and who can he trust? And how come he can suddenly do all this really cool stuff...? Find out in this electrifying debut novel from Joe Craig. Young, multitalented and brimming with ideas, this new HarperCollins author is destined to become a firm favourite with children everywhere.
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Craig was born and grew up in North London, where he attended University College School.
Emmanuel College.
He is best known for the Jimmy Coates series of books, which is sometimes compared to the work of Jack Heath (Six of Hearts) or Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider), and described in several reviews as "The Bourne Identity for kids". He went on to study philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he wrote and composed music for the Cambridge Footlights. In his final year at university he was head-hunted by Shell Oil but in the same week was offered a job composing a musical for the London stage.
He turned down Shell to pursue a career in music, composing scores for theatre and television productions.
In 2002 he provided the score for Told You So, a musical adaptation of Aesop"s fables, with book and lyrics by John Finnemore, but in 2003 he moved away from the theatre to write popular material and to perform as a singer-songwriter and jazz musician. In the same year he started work on his first novel, a thriller for children and young adults, and in 2004 he signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins Children"son
His first book was one of the biggest selling children"s book debuts of 2005 in the United Kingdom. He now tours around schools encouraging reading, writing and promoting his books
(An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, a...)
(Joe Craig Jimmy Coates collection 4 Books set. (Power, Ki...)
(This is a three books collection. Titles in this collecti...)