I'm in love.
His name is Martin Millar but sometimes he goes by Martin Scott. He is a writer who was born in Scotland but lives in London. Most of his books were published years ago in the UK, but thanks to Soft Skull Press here in Brooklyn, they are slowly being released with nifty American covers.
I read Lonely Werewolf Girl after reading an odd review of the 560 page book. The back explained only enough to make me curious:
"While teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is being pursued through the streets of London by murderous hunters, her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen. Meanwhile, in the Scottish Highlands, the MacRinnalch Clan is plotting and feuding after the head of the clan suddenly dies intestate. As the court intrigue threatens to blow up into all-out civil war, the competing factions determine that Kalix is the swing vote necessary to assume leadership of the clan. Unfortunately, Kalix isn’t really into clan politics — laudanum’s more her thing. Even more unfortunately, Kalix is the reason the head of the clan ended up dead, which is why she’s now on the lam in London. . . This expansive tale of werewolves in the modern world — friendly werewolves, fashionista werewolves, troubled teenage werewolves, cross-dressing werewolves, werewolves of every sort — is hard-edged, hilarious, and utterly believable."
It was the funnest book I've ever read. And now, Soft Skull has just released Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation, which was originally published nearly 20 years ago. When I was flipping through the New York Times Book Review last week and saw a review of this "new" Millar book I just about peed my pants. And it's a great review! You can read it here.
My boyfriend's other books include The Good Fairies of New York, Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me and Lux the Poet. Writing as Martin Scott, he received the World Fantasy Award for his series Thraxes. Warning: these books have the worst sci-fi cover art I have ever seen and people WILL judge you and your book by the cover. I am hoping Soft Skull will release these with cool new covers soon.
You can check out my boyfriend's blog here.
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I miss Kalix and Thrix and Beauty and Delicious ...and even Dominil already. Maybe your boyfriend can speed up a sequel and start paying some of the bills around here.
I read the Good Fairies of New York. I loved the story, but the 109238401 editing errors drove me bonkers. I usually like finding editing errors...it makes me feel like a sleuth, but when they happen over and over again, it gets a little distracting.
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