Douglas A Brimson, born in 1959 in Hemel Hempstead, England, is a renowned English film producer, screenwriter, and author. He is best known for writing the multi-award-winning feature film, Green Street. To date, he has written 17 books, including the classic study of hooliganism, Everywhere We Go: Behind the Matchday Madness, and the football gangland trilogy, The Crew, Top Dog, and In The Know.

Brimson is one of a select band of British writers who have enjoyed success in publishing both fiction and non-fiction, as well as in the world of screenwriting. His writing career began in 1996 after 18 years of service with the RAF when he co-authored the best-selling non-fiction work Everywhere We Go. This book remains essential reading for anyone interested in the culture of English football.

A further 16 books have followed, including the crime thriller The Crew, which topped the Amazon sports book download charts for nine years following its publication in eBook format, and the comedy Wings of a Sparrow, which after a successful electronic release, was issued in print. In May 2020, he released In The Know.