3 ratings | 1 review | avg rating:5.00

Jamie Collinson’s Followers (24)

Jamie’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (0)
read (3)
did-not-finish (0)

Jamie’s Friends (29)

Pia Rosenkilde

1,096 books | 66 friends

Michael D

243 books | 110 friends

Juan

449 books | 272 friends

Gabrielle Ryan

437 books | 158 friends

Tim Thornton

311 books | 50 friends

Jeff Antebi

287 books | 196 friends

Paul Tao

55 books | 361 friends

Zuza Zak

3 books | 42 friends

More friends…

Jamie Collinson

Goodreads Author

Born

The United Kingdom

Twitter

jrcollinson

Genre

Fiction, Music

Member Since

June 2014

edit data

Jamie Collinson was born in 1980 in Lincolnshire, England. He grew up in Leeds, then moved to London to study English Literature at King’s College. He works in the music industry, including a period at the independent label Ninja Tune, with artists such as Wiley, Roots Manuva, Bonobo and Young Fathers. In 2012 he moved to Los Angeles to run the company’s American headquarters. His fiction has been included in various magazines and anthologies, and he’s written non-fiction pieces for Guardian Online, Caught by the River, Somesuch Stories, and a number of British and American print magazines.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Jamie Collinson questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Jamie Collinson’s books

Average rating: 3.7 · 107 ratings · 17 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Edge 3.92 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rejects 3.39 avg rating — 49 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Third Script by Rachel Edwards (Editor), Shirindokht Nourmanesh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sean Preston (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

1 post
Jamie Collinson's Blog

How I came to write The Edge

I remember interviewing one of my favourite novelists, Alan Warner, back in about 2006. ‘You don’t write what you know,’ he said. ‘The clue’s in the word fiction. You’re supposed to make it up.’ It took me quite a long time to unlearn that – or rather, to learn that it’s OK to use the clay of your own life to sculpt something new. Perhaps only a very great type of writer can run on pure invention. Read more of this blog post »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on March 03, 2020 16:46 • Tags: birding, fiction, la-river, nature, novels, rivers, romance, the-edge, wildlife

rss
Jamie’s Recent Updates

Jamie Collinson rated a book it was amazing London and the South-East by David Szalay	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 29, 2025 12:47PM · like
Jamie Collinson liked Martijn Smeets's review of Sabbath's Theater:
Jun 02, 2025 01:15PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jamie Collinson liked Joshua Welch's review of The Rejects: "Well researched and crisply delivered in this collection are the stories of some of the most well known bands and their least known former members. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Crazy Horse, Queens of t" Read more of this review »
Jun 02, 2025 01:14PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Rejects by Jamie Collinson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Rejects by Jamie Collinson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">