Doug Johnstone (born 22 July 1970) is a Scottish crime writer based in Edinburgh. His ninth novel Fault Lines was published by Orenda Books in May 2018.[1] His 2015 book The Jump (published by Faber & Faber) was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel.[2]
Doug Johnstone | |
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 Doug Johnstone playing drums with "Fun Lovin' Crime Writers" at Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival, 2017 | |
| Born | 22 July 1970 Arbroath, Scotland |
| Occupation | Writer |
He published two novels with Penguin, Tombstoning (2006) and The Ossians (2008), which received praise from Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Christopher Brookmyre.[3][4]
The Scotsman described him as "a master of the page-turning, heart-gripping, plot-driven tale."[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
He grew up in Arbroath and lives in Portobello, Edinburgh with his wife and two children.[3][7]
Johnstone is also a co-founder of the Scotland Writers Football Club.[9][10]
Novels
edit- Tombstoning (2006)
- The Ossians (2008)
- Smokeheads (2011)
- Hit & Run (2012)
- Gone Again (2013)
- The Dead Beat (2014)
- The Jump (2015)
- Crash Land (2016)
- Fault Lines (2018)
- Breakers (2019)
- A Dark Matter (2020)
- The Big Chill (2020)
- The Space Between Us (2023)
References
edit- ^ "Book review: Fault Lines, by Doug Johnstone". scotsman.com.
- ^ "Book review: Crash Land by Doug Johnstone". scotsman.com.
- ^ a b "Doug Johnstone promises a dead good read". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Hit and Run by Doug Johnstone". Goodreads.
- ^ "Book review: Crash Land by Doug Johnstone". scotsman.com.
- ^ "About". dougjohnstone.com. 11 February 2009.
- ^ a b "I did it deliberately, by Doug Johnstone". bandcamp.com.
- ^ "Interview: Doug Johnstone, author of Hit and Run". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ "Crime Watch: Asterix in Scotland: An interview with Doug Johnstone". 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Scotland Writers FC". dearscotland.com.
External links
edit- Official website
- Doug Johnstone profile at Faber and Faber
- "Review : The Dead Beat by Doug Johnstone". upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014.
- "The story behind The Dead Beat - Online by Doug Johnstone". upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014.
- "johnstone Douglas mr". University of Strathclyde. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.