Jamie started his career working in a Scottish bookshop, then joined Hodder & Stoughton where he worked with many bestselling and award-winning authors including David Nicholls, David Mitchell, Andrew Miller, Graham Norton, Maggie O’Farrell, Abi Daré, Jodi Picoult, John Grisham, Stephen King, Mick Herron, John Connolly, Sophie Hannah, Mike Gayle, Sir Alex Ferguson, Ella Mills, Rolf Dobelli and Matthew Syed. 

His favourite books are Slow Horses, The Bone People, Cloud Atlas and One Day.