Guthrie is part of a literary circle that includes Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Jason Starr.
Guthrie's books are published by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Limited.
On 1 November 2011, Allan Guthrie together with serial entrepreneur Kyle MacRae, launched Blasted Heath, the first digital-only Scottish publisher.
PRC works on the Kindle, EPUB with virtually all other readers, including Nook and Sony and PDF for computers and smartphones.
The opening line-up of Blasted Heath titles included three crime novels by Ray Banks, Douglas Lindsay and Anthony Neil Smith.