Iain Banks (idea)

Iain (M) Banks writes under two names, Iain Banks and Iain M Banks. The M in his name comes from one of his grandparents who was angry when he didn't use his full name upon publishing his first book, The Wasp Factory.

When he published his first SF novel, Consider Phlebas, he used the M to help distinguish his SF from his straight work.

• The Wasp Factory
• Walking On Glass
• The Bridge
• Espedair Street
• Canal Dreams
• The Crow Road
• Complicity
• Whit
• A Song Of Stone
• The Business
• Dead Air

• Consider Phlebas
• The Player Of Games
• Use Of Weapons
• The State Of The Art (short stories)
• Against A Dark Background
• Feersum Endjinn
• Excession
• Inversions
• Look To Windward

Just in case you were wondering, the M stands for Menzies.