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Dougie Payne Author


Dougie Payne is the bass player and backing vocalist
with multi platinum selling Scottish indie band, TRAVIS.
Dougie was a graduate of Glasgow School of Art where
he met the other members of Travis before joining the
band on bass guitar, going on to record best-selling
albums and selling out stadiums across the globe.
He has always read and written stories for his two
children illustrating them himself, but was much more
keen to develop his writing. In an effort to hone down his
ideas he was mentored by award-winning author, Maisie
Chan.
Poochie Pete is Dougie’s debut picture book.