Douglas Skelton

Douglas Skelton is a renowned author from Scotland, who likes to write crime fiction and thriller novels. He has established himself as a successful crime author by penning 11 books. Some of his popular ones include Indian Peter, Glasgow’s Black Heart, and Frightener. Apart from writing crime novels, author Douglas has featured in many news programs and documentaries as a Glasgow crime expert. Most recently, Douglas has appeared on the program called Gangs of Britain, with Gary and Martin Kemp. The 2005 book written by author Douglas, known as Indian Peter, was adapted into a radio documentary by the BBC Scotland, which was presented by Douglas himself. He had written Frightener in collaboration with author Lisa Brownlie. This book played an instrumental role in helping 2 men in coming out clean of the mass murder charges for which they wrongly imprisoned. Currently, the book is being developed into a feature movie. Author Douglas forayed into the fiction genre for the first time with the book called Blood City. Prior to the beginning of his writing career, author Douglas used to work in a variety of jobs. Some of the works that he was involved in include working as a shelf stacker, taxi driver, civil servant, meat porter, bank clerk, wine waiter, editor, investigator, and reporter. But, once he developed an interest in writing crime books, he left all the other jobs and started focusing on his career. As of now, he works as a full time writer and is working towards the development of his latest book. Author Douglas was born and raised in Glasgow. Currently, he resides in Ayrshire. However, he is still very much attracted to his home city and likes to write about it quite often.