Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize in 2020. He was born and raised in Glasgow. Shuggie Bain is his widely acclaimed debut novel

After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Stuart moved to New York City, where he began a career in fashion design. His writing work has appeared in the New Yorker and on LitHub.

Born: 31 May 1976

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Douglas Stuart speaks with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall

Stuart Campbell reads Shuggie Bain.

Watch the 2020 Booker Prize ceremony, in which Douglas Stuart wins the prize with his book, Shuggie Bain.

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Douglas Stuart interview: ‘I don't think working-class people can afford to write’

Five years after winning the Booker for Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart reflects on the pressures of being a prize winner, the queer canon, the politics of dialect, and how the arts have become less accessible for working-class people

Council flats in Glasgow with a sign on the wall saying no ball games

Reading guide: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart’s blistering and heartbreaking debut is an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents

An extract from Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart depicts the heartbreaking story of a working-class family in 1980s Glasgow, with the young Shuggie Bain trying to understand his place in the world

Douglas Stuart interview: 'I am always looking for tenderness in the hardest places'

We spoke to the winner of the Booker Prize 2020 about writing his debut novel, setting a book on the front lines of Glasgow and how James Kelman changed his life

Winner The Booker Prize 2020

Shuggie Bain

By: Douglas Stuart
Published by: Picador

Douglas Stuart’s blistering and heartbreaking debut is an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents

Douglas Stuart

Video highlights

Read more on Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart interview: ‘I don't think working-class people can afford to write’

Reading guide: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

An extract from Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart interview: 'I am always looking for tenderness in the hardest places'

Shuggie Bain

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Reading guide: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

An extract from Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart interview: ‘I don't think working-class people can afford to write’

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Scottish Booker Prize nominees

Our stories matter: why we need more working-class voices in quality fiction

Douglas Stuart interview: 'I am always looking for tenderness in the hardest places'

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