Doug Johnstone


Doug Johnstone (born 22 July 1970) is a Scottish crime writer based in Edinburgh. His eighth novel, Crash Land, was published by Faber and Faber in November 2016 [1]. His previous book, The Jump (published in 2015) was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel. [2]

He published two novels with Penguin, Tombstoning (2006) and The Ossians (2008), which received praise from the likes of Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Christopher Brookmyre. [3][4]

Johnstone is a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow and he was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University from 2014-2016. He was a writer in residence at the University of Strathclyde from 2010-2012 and before that worked as a lecturer in creative writing. [5] He has had several short stories appear in various publications, and since 1999 has worked as a freelance arts journalist, primarily covering music and literature. He is a singer, musician and songwriter in several bands, including Northern Alliance, part of the Fence Collective. Northern Alliance have released four albums, as well as recording an album as a fictional band called The Ossians, in parallel with Johnstone's 2008 novel of the same name. He has released two solo EPs - Keep It Afloat (including the autobiographical track I Used To Drum In A Rock'N'Roll Band), released in 2011, and 2014's I Did It Deliberately. [6]

Johnstone has a degree in physics, a PhD in nuclear physics and a diploma in journalism. Before embarking on his literary career, he designed radar and missile guidance systems for military aircraft. [7]

He grew up in Arbroath and lives in Portobello, Edinburgh with his wife and two children. [8][9]

Johnstone is also a co-founder of the Scotland Writers Football Club. [10] [11]


Novels

References

  1. ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/book-review-crash-land-by-doug-johnstone-1-4281801
  2. ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/book-review-crash-land-by-doug-johnstone-1-4281801
  3. ↑ http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/doug-johnstone-promises-a-dead-good-read-1-3366316
  4. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13516048-hit-and-run
  5. ↑ https://dougjohnstone.com/about/
  6. ↑ https://dougjohnstone.bandcamp.com/album/i-did-it-deliberately
  7. ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/interview-doug-johnstone-author-of-hit-and-run-1-2182340
  8. ↑ http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/doug-johnstone-promises-a-dead-good-read-1-3366316
  9. ↑ https://dougjohnstone.bandcamp.com/album/i-did-it-deliberately
  10. ↑ http://kiwicrime.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/asterix-in-scotland-interview-with-doug.html
  11. ↑ http://dearscotland.com/2014/02/06/scotland-writers-fc/
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