Martin Millar is a

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writer from

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who is now resident in

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. Under the pseudonym Martin Scott he has authored the

Thraxas is a series of written by British author Martin Millar under the pen name Martin Scott. The first eight were originally published in the United Kingdom by Orbit Books between and The remaining four titles were self-published by Millar, be ...

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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and

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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

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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

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) *"Radiant Flower of the Divine Heavens (in '' Disco 2000'', 1998 edited by

)

Novels as Martin Scott

*''

'' (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