Stuart David is a Scottish musician, songwriter and novelist, famed for originating two distinct musical genres- Folk Hop, and Horror Pop (later termed Noir'n'B or Switchblade Pop) He co-founded the band Belle and Sebastian and was a member from 1996–2000, and then went on to front Looper (1998–present).
He has published four novels- Nalda Said (IMP, 1999), The Peacock Manifesto (IMP, 2001), Peacock's Tale (Barcelona Review, 2011) and Jackdaw & the Randoms (Hotkey, 2015)- along with one volume of memoir, In The All-Night Cafe (Little, Brown, 2015), chronicling the formation of Belle and Sebastian.
His fifth novel, Peacock's Alibi, was published by Polygon on 1 March 2018.