Mil Millington
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Mil Millington is a British
author of humorous books.
Due to the site's popularity, Millington was offered a publishing deal, and wrote a novel with the same title as his web-site
, but with new content, published in 2002. He has published four subsequent novels with humorous content: and his works have been translated into Japanese, Russian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Finnish, Hebrew, Spanish, and Serbo-Croat.
and the Daily Express
. His current column in the Guardian is called "Anxious About Everything"
The Guardian
newspaper named Millington as one of the five best debut novelists in 2002. He has also recently worked with Jonathan Nash on scripts for the BBC radio series The Adventures of Sexton Blake. (2009)
United Kingdom
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author of humorous books.
History
Millington first came to public prominence as a writer when he created a web-site entitled Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, describing arguments and misunderstandings between Millington and his German girlfriend Margret, mother of his two sons. The site was initially hosted on Wolverhampton University's web servers, but Millington was required to move it to privately owned servers when concerns arose about the site's content which included a sex survey.Due to the site's popularity, Millington was offered a publishing deal, and wrote a novel with the same title as his web-site
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About is the name of a web site, a column in The Guardian, and a novel written by English writer Mil Millington...
, but with new content, published in 2002. He has published four subsequent novels with humorous content: and his works have been translated into Japanese, Russian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Finnish, Hebrew, Spanish, and Serbo-Croat.
Novels
- Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued AboutThings My Girlfriend and I Have Argued AboutThings My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About is the name of a web site, a column in The Guardian, and a novel written by English writer Mil Millington...
(2002) - A Certain Chemistry (2003)
- Love And Other Near Death Experiences (2006)
- Instructions For Living Someone Else's Life (2007)
- Not Quite Dead (2007)
Other works
Millington is also the co-creator of the site www.TheWeekly.co.uk, and has contributed to several newspapers, notably The GuardianThe Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
. His current column in the Guardian is called "Anxious About Everything"
The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper named Millington as one of the five best debut novelists in 2002. He has also recently worked with Jonathan Nash on scripts for the BBC radio series The Adventures of Sexton Blake. (2009)