Martin Millar (writer)

Martin Millar
Born	Glasgow, Scotland
Pen name	Martin Scott
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	British
Period	1987 - present
Genres	Pulp noir, Fantasy
Notable award(s)	World Fantasy Award, 2000
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Martin Millar is a critically acclaimed Scottish writer from Glasgow, now resident in London. He also writes the Thraxas series of fantasy novels under the pseudonym Martin Scott.

The novels he writes as Martin Millar dwell on urban decay and British sub-cultures, and the impact this has on a range of characters, both realistic and supernatural. There are elements of magical realism, and the feeling that the boundary between real life and the supernatural is not very thick. Most of them are set in Brixton, Millar's one-time place of residence. Many are at least semi-autobiographical, and Love and Peace with Melody Paradise and Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me both feature Millar himself as a character.

As Martin Scott his Thraxas novels are a fusion of traditional high fantasy and pulp noir thrillers.

In 2000, he won the World Fantasy Award for best novel with his book Thraxas.^[1]

Bibliography

Novels

• Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation 1987 ISBN 0-947795-91-X
• Lux the Poet 1988 ISBN 0-947795-67-7
• Ruby & The Stone Age Diet 1989 ISBN 0-947795-24-3
• The Good Fairies of New York 1992 ISBN 1-85702-076-6
• Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving 1994 ISBN 1-85702-213-0
• Love and Peace with Melody Paradise 1998 ISBN 0-14-024876-5
• Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me 2002 ISBN 1-899598-22-7
• Lonely Werewolf Girl 2007 ISBN 0955498406
• Curse of the Wolf Girl 2010 ISBN 0980226058 (US) ISBN 0749942886 (UK) originally titled Queen Vex ^[2]

Collections

• The Collected Martin Millar 1998 ISBN 1-85702-910-0

Contains Lux the Poet, Ruby and the Stone Age Diet and The Good Fairies of New York.

Graphic novels

• Lux and Alby Sign on and Save the Universe (with Simon Fraser) 1999 ISBN 1-899866-24-8

Novelisation for film

• Tank Girl 1994 ISBN 0-14-024876-5

Dramatisation

• Emma based on Emma by Jane Austen (with Doon MacKichan) 2001 ISBN 1-85459-499-0

Short stories included in

• Disco Biscuits
• Disco 2000

Novels under the name Martin Scott

• Thraxas (winner of the 2000 World Fantasy Award)
• Thraxas and the Warrior Monks
• Thraxas at the Races
• Thraxas and the Elvish Isles
• Thraxas and the Sorcerers
• Thraxas and the Dance of Death
• Thraxas at War
• Thraxas Under Siege

References

1. ^ "2000 World Fantasy Award Winners". http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/2000.html. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
2. ^ "martinmillar.com / news". http://www.martinmillar.com/pages/news.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 

External links

• Author's website
• Author's blog
• 2002 interview with the author

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Name	Millar, Martin
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Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
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