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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Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain won the Booker Prize in an extraordinary year, which saw the prize go entirely online for the first time ever. Explore his vivid and compassionate debut here.

Video highlights

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.

Winner The Booker Prize 2020

Shuggie Bain

By: Douglas Stuart
Published by: Picador

Won the Booker Prize in 2020. Douglas Stuart’s blistering and heartbreaking debut is an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents.