Martin Millar

Martin Millar is a Scottish writer from Glasgow, now resident in London. He also writes the Thraxas series of fantasy novels under the pseudonym Martin Scott.

Martin Millar
BornGlasgow, Scotland
Pen nameMartin Scott
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1987 - present
GenrePulp noir, Fantasy
Notable awardsWorld Fantasy Award, 2000
Website
www.martinmillar.com

The novels he writes as Martin Millar dwell on urban decay and British sub-cultures, and the impact these have 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 0-9554984-0-6
  • Curse of the Wolf Girl 2010 ISBN 0-9802260-5-8 (US) ISBN 0-7499-4288-6 (UK) originally titled Queen Vex [2]
  • The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf 2013 ISBN 978-0349400556 [3]
  • The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies 2015 ISBN 978-0349407142
  • Kink Me Honey 2016 ISBN 978-1535009898
  • Supercute Futures 2018 ISBN 978-0349419343

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
  • Thraxas and the Ice Dragon
  • Thraxas and the Oracle
  • Thraxas of Turai ISBN 978-1792849992

References

  1. "2000 World Fantasy Award Winners". Archived from the original on 19 January 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
  2. "martinmillar.com / news". Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  3. "martinmillar.com / news". Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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