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Michael Marshall Smith

Michael Marshall Smith (1965 - ) is a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, he moved with his family at an early age to first Illinois and then Florida. At the age of seven he moved again, this time to South Africa, and then to Australia before eventually returning home to England in the early 70s.

He studied Philosophy and Social and Political Science at King's College, Cambridge[?], where he became involved with the comedy revue group the Cambridge Footlights[?]. He moved on to become a comedy writer and performer on the BBC Radio 4 series And Now, in Colour which has been described as a 'cult hit' ("which probably meant our parents and three other people listened in") and ran for three series.

His first published story was The Man Who Drew Cats which won the British Fantasy Award[?] in 1991 for "Best Short Story". His first novel, Only Forward, was published in 1994 and won the August Derleth Award[?] for Best Novel in 1995. In 1996 his second novel, Spares, was released, the film rights to which have been purchased by Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks.

His latest novel is Straw Men, written under the shortened name "Michael Marshall". The change of name was originally due to the publishing of another book of the same name in 2001 by Martin J. Smith. However, Michael then decided to use the split to offer the possibility of publishing different genres of books under the two names - "modern day" novels as Michael Marshall, and horror/science fiction as Michael Marshall Smith.

Table of contents

1 Novels

2 Novellas

3 Collections

4 Awards

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Novels

Only Forward (1994)
Spares (1996)
One of Us (1998)
The Straw Men (2001)

Novellas

The Vaccinator (1999)

Collections

When God Lived in Kentish Town (1998) - a small paperback containing four stories, distributed for free by W H Smith at tube and rail stations around London and in Heathrow airport to promote the publication of One of Us. 5,000 copies were produced.
What You Make It (1999)
Cat Stories (2001)

Awards

British Fantasy Society[?] award for Short Fiction, The Man Who Drew Cats (1991)
British Fantasy Society Icarus Award for Best Newcomer (1991)
British Fantasy Society award for Short Fiction, The Dark Land (1992)
British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award (Best Novel), Only Forward (1995)
British Fantasy Soeciety award for Short Fiction, More Tomorrow (1996)
Philip K. Dick Award[?] - Norwescon, Only Forward (2001)