Stuart Douglas (writer)
Scottish science fiction writer & publisher
Stuart Douglas (born October 1969) is an author, editor and publisher from Edinburgh. Douglas is the founder of British publisher Obverse Books, an independent publishing house known for its speculative fiction, particularly in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction. He is the range editor for the Black Archive and Silver Archive series of monographs on genre television.
Douglas has written several Sherlock Holmes stories, including four novels published by Titan Publishing Group and short stories that expand on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective.
In 2024, Titan published the first in an ongoing series of cosy mystery novels by Douglas, the Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, in which two characters based on the actors Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier from 1970s sitcom Dad's Army solve crimes on the set of their new show.
Douglas was the features editor for the British Fantasy Society Journal from 2012 to 2017.
In 2022, Douglas set up Obverse Music, with his long term associate, Scott Liddell.
Awards
The Black Archive #15: Full Circle by John Toon, edited by Douglas, won New Zealand science fiction's Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Professional Publication in 2019. Toon received the same award in 2022 for The Black Archive #61: Paradise Towers.
Writing
The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries
Death at the Dress Rehearsal (Titan Books, 2024)
Death at the Playhouses (Titan Books, 2025)
Sherlock Holmes novels
Douglas has written five Sherlock Holmes pastiche novels for Titan Books.
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