Stuart Reid is a Scottish writer and the author of the ''Gorgeous George'' series of children's books.
Background
Reid lived in Dubai for two years, working as a manager for the
Premier Inn
Premier Inn is a British limited service hotel chain and the UK's largest hotel brand, with more than 72,000 rooms and 800 hotels. It operates hotels in a variety of locations including city centres, suburbs and airports competing with the like ...
hotel chain.
He managed the chain's first hotel outside Britain, a 300-room hotel in Dubai.
In 2009 Reid decided to return to Scotland with a plan to make a living writing books for children.
''Gorgeous George''
Reid's first book ''Gorgeous George and the Giant Geriatric Generator'' was released in 2011.
It is the story of a fictitious town where people go missing, and the main character sets out to find them.
The book was illustrated by Calvin Innes.
Innes, then still a student at university, decided not only to illustrate the book but to found a publishing company, My Little Big Town (MLBT), to publish it.
The company was launched in 2011 at the Enterprise Centre of
Hull University.
Performances
Reid promotes his books by speaking at schools and children's events,
and has performed at schools in Dubai,
Hong Kong and Australia.
According to ''
The Advertiser'' newspaper in
Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demo ...
, Reid "has found a clever way to sell more books" by travelling the festival circuit doing funny talks about books and writing for kids.
He has appeared at the
Edinburgh Fringe and the
Adelaide Fringe
The Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, i ...
.
Personal life
Reid lives near
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
with his wife and their two daughters.
Gorgeous George books
*''Gorgeous George and the Giant Geriatric Generator'' (2011) Published by My Little Big Town
*''Gorgeous George and the Zigzag Zit-faced Zombies'' Published by Gorgeous Garage Publishing
*''Gorgeous George and the Unidentified Unsinkable Underpants Part 1'' Published by Gorgeous Garage Publishing
*''Gorgeous George and the Unidentified Unsinkable Underpants Part 2'' Published by Gorgeous Garage Publishing
*''Gorgeous George and his Stupid Stinky Stories'' Published by Gorgeous Garage Publishing
*''Gorgeous George and the Jumbo Jobby Juicer'' (2017) Published by Gorgeous Garage Publishing
*''Gorgeous George and the Timewarp Trouser Trumpets'' Published by Gorgeous Garage Publishing
*''Gorgeous George and the Incredible Iron-Bru-Man Incident''
References
External links
*
A Writers' Responsibility: How I Get Young People Interested In Reading Stuart Reid on ''
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Scottish children's writers
Living people
21st-century Scottish writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Falkirk