We are delighted to announce that the recipient of the fourth Loch Long Crime Writing Residency is Doug Johnstone.

Doug Johnstone is the author of twenty novels, many of which have been bestsellers. The Space Between Us was chosen for BBC Two’s Between the Covers, while six of his books have been shortlisted or longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year or the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. Doug has taught creative writing or been writer in residence at universities, schools, writing retreats, festivals, prisons and a funeral directors. He’s also been an arts journalist for twenty-seven years.

Doug has received six Creative Scotland writing bursaries and chaired countless literary events at major festivals, and was recently shortlisted for the prestigious international SETI Institute Cosmic Consciousness Residency. He’s been a judge for the Northern Writers’ Awards, the Gordon Burn Prize, the Palimpsest Prize, the Scottish Album of the Year Award, the Scottish Book Trust Mentoring Scheme and also their New Writers Awards. Doug has also written a number of feature-length and short screenplays, as well as television episodes and treatments. He is a songwriter and musician with ten albums released, and drummer for the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. He’s also co-founder of the Scotland Writers Football Club.

This residency is made possible with generous support from a Cove Park Patron.