Doug MacLeod

Doug MacLeod (13 October 1959 – 22 November 2021) was an Australian writer of books, television, and theatre.

MacLeod was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten's The Comedy Company. He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs Fast Forward and Full Frontal. He was the script editor of Kath & Kim while the series aired on the ABC.

As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of SeaChange with Andrew Knight.

He co-wrote the animated children's series Dogstar which won him the inaugural John Hinde Award for science fiction in 2008. He also worked on series two in 2011 with co-writer Philip Dalkin.

In 2008 MacLeod won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the AWGIE Awards.

MacLeod was the writer of Call Girl the Musical, with Tracy Harvey which performed two seasons in Melbourne.

With John Clarke, he co-wrote a musical adaptation of the children's book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, titled The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom.

MacLeod died in Melbourne on 22 November 2021, aged 62, after some years of poor health.

MacLeod wrote the following story books for children and young people:

• Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
• Siggy and Amber
• Tumble Turn
• Spiky Spunky, My Pet Monkey
• Leon Stumble's Book of Stupid Fairytales
• I'm Being Stalked by a Moon Shadow
• Kevin the Troll
• The Clockwork Forest
• My Extraordinary Life & Death
• The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher
• The Shiny Guys
• Tigers on the Beach
• In the Garden of Bad Things