Martin Millar is a Scottish writer from Glasgow, now resident in

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. He also writes the '' Thraxas'' series of fantasy novels under the

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Martin Scott. The novels he writes as Martin Millar dwell on

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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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, and the feeling that the boundary between real life and the supernatural is not very thick. 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. As Martin Scott, his Thraxas novels are a fusion of traditional

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and

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. In 2000, he won the

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for best novel with his book ''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''

Collections

*''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'' (with Simon Fraser) 1999

Novelisation for film

*''Tank Girl'' 1994

Dramatisation

*''Emma'' based on Emma by

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(with

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) 2001

Short stories included in

*''Disco Biscuits'' *''Disco 2000''

Novels under the name 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