The Ossians: The Gritty, Darkly Funny Cult Novel from One of Scotland's Finest Authors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781917764209)

Doug Johnstone is the author of Fourteen novels, including The Great Silence, the third in the Skelfs series, which has been optioned for television. In 2021, The Big Chill, the second in the series, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, while in 2020, A Dark Matter, the series opener, was shortlisted for both the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Independent Voice Book of the Year Award.

The series continued with Black Hearts (book four, 2022) and The Opposite of Lonely (book five, 2023). Several of Johnstone's books have been bestsellers and award winners, and his first science fiction novel, The Space Between Us, was selected as a BBC2 Between the Covers pick.

Alongside writing, Johnstone has taught creative writing, served as a writer-in-residence at various institutions, and worked as an arts journalist for over twenty years. A musician and songwriter, he has released five albums and three EPs and plays drums for the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers band. He lives in Edinburgh.