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

Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he moved to New York, where he began a career in fashion design. Shuggie Bain, his first novel, won the Booker Prize and both ‘Debut of the Year’ and ‘Book of the Year’ at the British Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the US National Book Award for Fiction, among many other awards. His second novel, Young Mungo, was a number one Sunday Times Bestseller. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and his essay on gender, anxiety and class was published by Lit Hub. 

John of John was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026.  

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Video highlights

Douglas Stuart speaks with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall

Douglas Stuart speaks with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall

Stuart Campbell reads Shuggie Bain

Stuart Campbell reads Shuggie Bain.

The Booker Prize 2020 - Full Ceremony | The Booker Prize

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

Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain

Shuggie Bain

Winner of The Booker Prize 2020

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

Other nominated books

John of John by Douglas Stuart
John of John is the heartbreaking story of a young man’s return home and how the bonds of family life are torn by the weight of expectation