MARTIN MILLAR was born in Scotland and now lives in London. He is the author of such novels as Lonely Werewolf Girl, Curse of the Wolf Girl, and The Good Fairies of New York. Under the pseudonym of Martin Scott, he, as The Guardian put it, “invented a new genre: pulp fantasy noir.” Thraxas, the first book in his Thraxas series, won the World Fantasy Award in 2000. As Martin Millar and as Martin Scott, he has been widely translated.