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.
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.
Winner The Booker Prize 2020