Michael Marshall Smith is a highly acclaimed author of fiction, best known for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels. He writes under three different names: Michael Marshall Smith, Michael Marshall, and M.M. Smith. Each of his pseudonyms represents a different genre in which he excels.
Michael Marshall Smith is the name he uses for his science fiction, horror, and thriller novels. His first novel, "Only Forward," won two significant literary awards, including the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. His second novel, "Spares," was also well-received and optioned for film by DreamWorks. Michael Marshall Smith has also worked on screenplays for feature films and has contributed to the BBC adaptation of "Weaveworld."
Michael Marshall is the name he uses for his internationally-bestselling thrillers. His Straw Men trilogy, consisting of "The Straw Men," "The Lonely Dead," and "Blood of Angels," were all international bestsellers. His most recent novels, "The Intruders," "Bad Things," and "Killer Move," have also been successful. "The Intruders" was recently televised, starring John Simm, Mira Sorvino, and Millie Bobby Brown.
Michael Marshall Smith is a four-time winner of the BFS Award for short fiction, and his stories are collected in two volumes: "What You Make It" and "More Tomorrow and Other Stories," which won the International Horror Guild Award. He was born in Cheshire, England, in 1965 and studied Philosophy and Social and Political Science at Cambridge. He has lived in various countries, including the U.S., South Africa, and Australia, but eventually returned to England. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, California, with his wife and son.
Straw Men Books (as Michael Marshall)
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1
The Straw Men
2002
2
The Upright Man
2004
3
Blood of Angels
2005
Ememess Collections
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Year
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Ememess, Issue 1
2012
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Ememess, Issue 2
2012
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Ememess, Issue 3
2012
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Ememess, Issue 4
2012
5
Ememess, Issue 5
2012
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Ememess, Issue 6
2012
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Ememess, Issue 7
2012
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Ememess, Issue 8
2012
9
Ememess, Issue 9
2012
Standalone Novels
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Year
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1
Only Forward
1994
2
Spares
1996
3
One of Us
1998
4
The Intruders
2007
5
The Servants
2007
6
Bad Things
2009
7
Killer Move
2011
8
We Are Here
2012
9
Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence
2017
Short Stories/Novellas
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Title
Year
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1
The Man Who Drew Cats
1990
2
The Dark Land
1991
3
To Receive Is Better
1994
4
More Tomorrow
1995
5
Hell Hath Enlarged Herself
1996
6
Foreign Bodies
1996
7
The Vaccinator
1999
8
The Handover
2000
9
What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night
2009
10
Sad, Dark Thing
2011
11
Diet Hell
2012
12
A Convenient Arrangement
2012
13
Save As...
2012
14
Being Right
2012
15
When God Lived In Kentish Town
2012
16
Missed Connection
2012
17
The Seventeenth Kind
2012
18
Autumn
2012
19
Later
2012
20
Two Shot
2012
21
Enough Pizza
2012
22
More Bitter Than Death
2012
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Maybe Next Time
2012
24
Everybody Goes
2012
25
The Fracture
2012
26
Getting Over
2012
27
A Long Walk, For The Last Time
2012
28
Open Doors
2012
29
Mammoth Books Presents Substitutions
2012
30
The Gist
2013
Short Story Collections
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What You Make It
1999
2
Cat Stories
2001
3
More Tomorrow and Other Stories
2003
4
Everything You Need
2013
5
Cemetery Dance Select
2015
6
The Best of Michael Marshall Smith
2020
Zombie Apocalypse! Books
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The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback
2012
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Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital
2014
3
Zombie Apocalypse! Washington Deceased
2014
4
Zombie Apocalypse! End Game
2014
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Zombie Apocalypse! Acapulcalypse Now
2015
Shadows Over Innsmouth Books (with Brian Hodge, with Ramsey Campbell, with H.P. Lovecraft, with Kim Newman, with Brian Lumley, with Conrad Williams, with August Derleth, with Stephen Jones, with Angela Slatter, with Caitlín R. Kiernan, with Randy Broecker, with John Glasby, with Adrian Cole, with Reggie Oliver, with Simon Kurt Unsworth)
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Shadows Over Innsmouth
1994
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Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
2005
3
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
2013
The Lovecraft Squad Books
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1
All Hallows Horror
2017
2
Waiting
2017
3
Dreaming
2018
4
Rising
2020
Anomaly Files Books (as Michael Rutger)
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The Anomaly
2018
2
The Possession
2019
Michael Marshall Smith Anthologies
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1
Darklands No 1
1991
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Best New Horror 2
1991
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Best New Horror 3
1992
4
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
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The Giant Book of Zombies
1993
6
The Giant Book of Best New Horror
1993
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The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993
8
The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural
1994
9
The Giant Book of Terror
1994
10
Dark Voices 6
1994
11
Shadows Over Innsmouth
1994
12
The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves
1994
13
Seventh Annual Collection
1994
14
Best New Horror 5
1994
15
Best New Horror 6
1995
16
Dark Terrors
1995
17
Dark Terrors 2
1996
18
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
1996
19
Tenth Annual Collection
1996
20
Lethal Kisses
1996
21
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares
1997
22
Dark Terrors 3
1997
23
Secret City
1997
24
Dark of the Night
1997
25
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
1997
26
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
1997
27
Dark Terrors 4
1998
28
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9
1998
29
Binary 2
1998
30
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
1999
31
Dark Terrors 5
2000
32
Foursight
2000
33
October Dreams
2000
34
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11
2000
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
2001
36
Keep Out The Night
2002
37
Dark Terrors 6
2002
38
The Mammoth Book of New Terror
2004
39
Seventeenth Annual Collection
2004
40
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
2004
41
Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth
2005
42
Best New Horror 16
2005
43
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
2006
44
The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration
2006
45
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology
2006
46
Summer Chills
2007
47
The Mammoth Book of Monsters
2007
48
Shroud 3
2008
49
Best New Horror 19
2008
50
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
51
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010
2009
52
The Dead That Walk
2009
53
Hungry for Your Love
2009
54
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
2010
55
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror
2010
56
Best New Horror 21
2010
57
Zombie Apocalypse!
2010
58
Zombies: The Recent Dead
2010
59
The End of the Line
2010
60
Visitants
2010
61
A Book of Horrors
2011
62
Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead
2011
63
Swallowed by the Cracks
2011
64
Best New Horror 22
2011
65
The Recent Weird
2011
66
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
2012
67
Mammoth Books Presents The Unexpected
2012
68
Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst
2012
69
Best New Horror 23
2012
70
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth
2013
71
Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny
2013
72
Fearie Tales
2013
73
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
2013
74
Psychomania: Killer Stories
2013
75
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala