Stuart MacBride is a Scottish writer, whose crime thrillers are set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen, with Detective Sergeant Logan McRae as protagonist.

Stuart MacBride was born 27 February 1969 in Dumbarton, near Glasgow and raised in Aberdeen.

[2] In an interview for the Alibi television channel, MacBride indicated he considered R. D. Wingfield a "literary inspiration".

[3] MacBride's novels, particularly those featuring Logan McRae, have been described as Tartan Noir, which has placed him alongside Ian Rankin and Val McDermid as authors who have also been described as luminaries of the genre.

Macbride is one of the initial batch of ten people in the Aberdeen Hall of Heroes,[5] being awarded World Stovies Champion in 2014.