Joseph Elliott-Coleman was born in Oxford, Carterton and lives in Croydon, London. A graduate of Solent and Burnell Universities with graduate and post graduate degrees in Illustration and creative writing respectively he's been published by Rebellion Books, 2000AD, and Newcon Press. He is also the founder of Red Socks Press, the UK's first black owned science fiction and fantasy self-publisher. He spends far too much money on artbooks, comics, manga, bande dessinée, as well as novels