Alex Irvine


Alexander Christian Irvine is an American fantasy and science fiction writer.

Biography

Irvine was born on March 22, 1969. Irvine first gained attention with his Locus Award-winning 2002 novel A Scattering of Jades and the stories that would form the 2003 collection Unintended Consequences. He has also published the Grail Quest novel One King, One Soldier, and the World War II-era historical fantasy The Narrows. He released a collection of thirteen short stories called Pictures from an Expedition in 2006. Buyout, a novel set in 2041, was published by Random House in 2009.
In addition to his original works, Irvine has published Have Robot, Will Travel, a novel set in Isaac Asimov's positronic robot milieu; and Batman: Inferno, about the DC Comics superhero. His novel The Ultimates: Against All Enemies, about the Marvel Comics superhero team was published by Pocket Books in September 2007. He also wrote the Vertigo Encyclopedia. As well as writing about comics he has written a number of comic book series, including one featuring Daimon Hellstrom for the Marvel Comics imprint MAX, Daredevil Noir, and "."
He has worked on Alternate Reality Games including The Beast and I Love Bees and is the writer of the Facebook game .
Irvine has a B.A. from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from the University of Maine, and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver. From 2005-11, he was an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. He also worked for a time as a reporter at the Portland Phoenix. He is married with twins, a boy and girl, and two younger children. He was until recently a professor at the University of Southern Maine.
Irvine appeared on Jeopardy! in 2015, winning one day to win $26,000.

Novels

;Licensed work
;Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Akenhaten2001
Intimations of immortalityF&SF
Mystery Hill2009Novella
Rosetti SongF&SF
Black Friday2018Tor.com

Comics

As listed in Contemporary Authors.