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Douglas Arthur Brown is the author of five books: Quintet, (novel); The Komodo Dragon and Other Stories, (short stories); Archibald's Boo-boo (children); A Deadly Harvest (novel) and The Magic Compass  (chiildren), Quintet won the 2009 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize, was shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award, and longlisted for the ReLit Award. Brown was awarded the 2009 Nova Scotia Established Artist Recognition Award. The Magic Compass is part of The Atlantic Collection, a project by the Nova Scotia Department of Education that placed the book in every elementary school in Nova Scotia.    

Douglas' short stories appeared in various literary magazines including Matrix Magazine, B&A, Pottersfield Portfolio and two anthologies: Water Studies: New Voices in Maritime Fiction and Life's Beginnings, a Danish anthology of fiction challenging ethics in modern society. His short story The Bodyguard appeared in Denmark's largest daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende, and the short story Fifty Bucks (under the title Macedon) was short-listed for the CBC Literary Awards.  His full-length play, The Weaverbird, was a finalist in the Canadian Playwriting Competition hosted by Theatre BC and BRAVO.  Douglas was also the publisher and managing editor of the Canadian literary magazine, Pottersfield Portfolio for several years.

Douglas is past-president of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. He is an active participant in WFNS' Writers in the Schools Program and conducts professional development writing workshops on behalf of the WFNS.  For the past three years he has been writer-in-residence at Boularderie Elementary Schools. For several years he has co-hosted the Atlantic Writing Awards Gala in Halifax.

After ten years in Toronto and ten years in Copenhagen, Douglas returned to Cape Breton where he resides at the Bras d'Or Lake. Fluent in Danish, he has a degree in theatre from York University and has worked in professional theatre in both Toronto and Copenhagen. 

Praise for Quintet      

It is the writer who has made this a successful novel. Quintet is masterfully written ... a powerful and fascinating novel.
The Globe & Mail

Impressive depths of emotion ...The resulting book is a page-turner ... Quintet captures the difficulties of adult sibling relationships, and their tendency to drift, better than any other novel I can think of. It is richly detailed, complex, and rewarding.
Quill & Quire

I have one firm, probably effusive but heartfelt message for readers. Go buy this book and read it. Or borrow it from a friend. Take it out of the library. Libraries, if you haven't ordered this book yet, you'd better. Because Brown has penned a brilliant, moving and entertaining work ... a winner at all levels.
The Halifax Herald