Martin Millar is a Scottish writer from

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who is now resident in London. Under the pseudonym Martin Scott he has authored the Thraxas series of fantasy novels, for the eponymous inaugural volume of which he won the

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for best novel.

Overview

The novels he writes under his own name focus upon

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and British

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s, and the impact these have on a range of characters, both realistic and supernatural. There are elements of

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. Some of them are set in

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, 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. His Thraxas novels combine

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fantasy and pulp noir thriller. In 2000, he received the

for best for the first installment, ''Thraxas''.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation'' (1987) *''Lux the Poet'' (1988) *''Ruby & The Stone Age Diet'' (1989) *''The Good Fairies of New York'' (1992) *''Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving'' (1994) *''Love and Peace with Melody Paradise'' (1998) *''Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me'' (2002) *''Lonely Werewolf Girl'' (2007) *''Curse of the Wolf Girl'' (2010) (US) (UK) originally titled ''Queen Vex'' *''The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf'' (2013) *''The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies'' (2015) *''Kink Me Honey'' (2016) *''Supercute Futures'' (2018) *''Simulation Bleed'' (2020) *''Supercute Second Future'' (2022)

Omnibus

*''The Collected Martin Millar'' (1998) (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'' (illustrated by Simon Fraser) 1999

Novelization

*''Tank Girl'' (1994) (based on the 1995

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baed upon the title comics character)

Dramatisation

*''Emma'' (based upon Emma by

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, with

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) 2001

Short fiction contained in anthologies

*"How Sunshine Star-Traveller Lost His Girlfriend" (in ''Disco Biscuits'' , 1997, edited by Sarah Champion) *"Radiant Flower of the Divine Heavens (in '' Disco 2000'', 1998 edited by Sarah Champion)

Novels as Martin Scott

*'' Thraxas'' (winner of the 2000

) *''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'' *''Thraxas meets his Enemies''

References

External links

Author's websiteAuthor's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Millar, Martin 1959 births Living people Scottish novelists World Fantasy Award–winning writers Writers from Glasgow Scottish male novelists