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.

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.

Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain

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