name: Jamie Frater
genres: History, Nonfiction, Mystery
avg_rating: 3.89
ratings_count: 755
about: Jamie Frater started his professional life as a software developer until he abandoned it to do postgraduate studies in opera at the Royal College of Music in London. Due to an insatiable desire to share fascinating, obscure, and bizarre facts, he created Listverse and left the singing for the shower. He currently divides his time between managing and editing for Listverse, learning about all things obscure, and trying to find time for a social life.