

Prior to being published, he worked for over twenty years as a fashion designer. His essays on gender, anxiety, and poverty can be found on Lit Hub.īorn in Glasgow, Scotland, he is a graduate of The Royal College of Art, and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City. His short stories, Found Wanting, and, The Englishman, were published in The New Yorker magazine. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he moved to New. His work has been translated into 39 languages. Douglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, which has drawn comparisons to D.H. Young Mungo was a Sunday Times #1 Bestseller. It was also a finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, The Kirkus Prize, The Orwell Prize, The Pen Hemingway Award, The McKitterick Prize and was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First novel prize.

It won the Book of The Year at the British Book Awards and The Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize. He is the author of two novels, Young Mungo, and, Shuggie Bain. Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American writer.
