Stuart Douglas (writer)

Stuart Douglas (born October 1969) is an author, editor and publisher from Edinburgh. Douglas is the founder of British publisher Obverse Books,[1] an independent publishing house known for its speculative fiction, particularly in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction.[2] He is the range editor for the Black Archive and Silver Archive series of monographs on genre television.[3]

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.[4]

Douglas was the features editor for the British Fantasy Society Journal from 2012 to 2017.[5]

  1. ^ "About". Obverse Books. 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. ^ Hatcher, Steven (April 2021). "The Obverse Side: Celestial Toyroom talks to Stuart Douglas of Obverse Books". Celestial Toyroom (517): 12–16. Archived from the original on 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Steve (April 2016). "Factual: Obverse Books". Doctor Who Magazine (497): 72–73.
  4. ^ Cundle, Tim (2024-07-25). "Geek-O-Rama Meets Nev Fountain and Stuart Douglas". Bringing Madness to the Masses since 1998. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  5. ^ Scott, Cavan (2012). "Editorial". British Fantasy Society Journal: 8.