Jacob Carlisle lived in Ferguslie Park, a suburb of the town of Paisley in Scotland, and the setting for the novel Small Fish Big Fish, until he was fifteen. At twenty-one he went back to study full-time at Langside College, and from there to Glasgow University, graduating Bachelor of Science. 
He lived in Paisley until, at the age of twenty-six, he met and married Sue, who convinced him to return with her to Australia, a move he has never regretted.
Jacob was a regular on the Scottish Folk Club circuit, playing guitar and singing with his friends and cousins for pocket money. 
After a successful career in Marketing and strategic planning in Australia, Jacob went back to Scotland, revisiting old haunts, family and friends. Not long after this, he came down with cancer, not once, but twice. Strangely enough, this was the impetus for him to begin a new career in writing.
Small Fish, Big Fish is Jacob Carlisle’s first novel. A second novel is in the draft stage and a follow-up to Small Fish, Big Fish is in the pipeline.
Jacob Carlisle lives with his wife, in Melbourne. They have two beautiful daughters, and two grandchildren.