Douglas Skelton

Douglas Skelton has published 12 non fiction books, 14 contemporary crime thrillers and 6 historical thrillers.

He has been longlisted six times for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Fiction.

He has appeared at many festivals, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Bloody Scotland, Bute Noir, Granite Noir, Aye Write (Glasgow). He has worked with top Scottish lawyers and world-renowned forensic experts to create two You the Jury courtroom dramas.

In past lives he has been a bank clerk, tax officer, shelf stacker, meat porter, taxi driver (for two days), wine waiter (for two hours), reporter, investigator and newspaper editor.