The Booker-prize winning author of Shuggie Bain on his love of Sophia Loren, Kylie’s classic hits and the haunting photography of Raymond Depardon
Born in Glasgow in 1976, author Douglas Stuart studied at the Royal College of Art in London before moving to New York to work in design. In 2020, he published his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, which was described in the Observer as a “novel of rare and lasting beauty” and went on to win the Booker prize. Stuart’s short stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker and on literary website Lit Hub, and he is currently working on his second novel, to be published by Picador next spring. Shuggie Bain is released in paperback on 15 April.
