Jamie MacVicar is the author of the newly released non-fiction narrative The Advance Man: A Journey Into the World of the Circus about his experience as an advance man for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. "It's a fascinating glimpse at the high-stress world of live event marketing." San Francisco Book Review. "A page turner,and a virtual manual of promotional tools and tie-ins." Spectacle magazine. "Seventeen years to complete, MacVicar provides a rich history!" Washington Business Journal.

For its unique contribution to the history of promotion and the circus as a part of our American heritage and popular culture, The Advance Man: A Journey Into the World of the Circus has been placed into the permanent collection of historical documents at both the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, and the Circus World Museum in Barabooo, Wisconsin.
Mr. MacVicar is the President of an award-winning communications firm. He has published several articles and short stories. He is the author of Crossed pens, a humorous book of letters among three men. The author divides his time between Washington DC and the Canadian Rockies.