Alex Irvine

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Alex Irvine
BornAlexander Christian Irvine
(1969-03-22) March 22, 1969 (age 56) [1]
Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • lecturer
  • reporter
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Michigan (BA)
University of Maine (MA)
University of Denver (PhD)
GenreScience fiction, supernatural

Alexander Christian Irvine (born March 22, 1969) is an American fantasy and science fiction author.

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Education and early life

Irvine has a B.A. from the University of Michigan (1991), an M.A. from the University of Maine (1996), and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver (2003). [2] From 2005-11, he was an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. [2]

He worked for a time as a reporter at The Phoenix. [3]

Career

Irvine has worked on alternate reality games including The Beast (2001) and I Love Bees , and is the writer of the Facebook game Marvel Avengers Alliance (2012). [4]

He first gained notability with his Locus Award–winning 2002 novel A Scattering of Jades (which also won the Crawford Award in 2003) and the stories that would form the 2003 collection Unintended Consequences. He has also published The Grail Quest novel One King, One Soldier (2004), and the World War II-era historical fantasy The Narrows (2005). [2] He released a collection of thirteen short stories called Pictures from an Expedition in 2006. [2]

He wrote TheVertigo Encyclopedia. [5] [6] [7] 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, [8] [9] Daredevil Noir , [10] [11] and Iron Man: The Rapture . [12]

Personal life

He is married with twins, a boy and girl, and two younger children. [2]

Irvine appeared on Jeopardy! in 2015. He was a one day champion, winning $26,000. [13]

Bibliography

Novels

Licensed work

Short fiction

Stories [15]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Akenhaten2001Irvine, Alex (April 2001). "Akenhaten". F&SF . 100 (4): 112–124.
Agent Provocateur2002 Strange Horizons [16]
Black Friday2018Tor.com
Chisel and chime2020 F&SF (Jan/Feb 2020)
Intimations of immortality F&SF
Mystery Hill2009Irvine, Alex (2009). Mystery Hill. PS Publishing.Novella
Rosetti song2000Irvine, Alexander C. (March 2000). "Rosetti song". F&SF . 98 (3): 103–118.

Comics

Non-fiction

Screenwriting

Awards and honors

As listed in Contemporary Authors . [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding Library of Congress Linked Data Service:  linked authority record n2001157010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Irvine, Alexander C. Contemporary Authors. 2008. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2013– via HighBeam Research.
  3. ↑ "University of Maine faculty page". Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  4. ↑ "Disney forges new playbook with 'Avengers Alliance'". March 2012.
  5. ↑ CCI: The Vertigo Encyclopedia, Comic Book Resources, July 29, 2008
  6. ↑ VanderMeer, Jeff. Alex Irvine and the Vertigo Encyclopedia, Omnivoracious, September 30, 2008
  7. ↑ Alex Irvine talks us through our case of Vertigo, Forbidden Planet blog, November 14, 2008
  8. ↑ Shout at the Devil: Irvine talks "Son of Satan", Comic Book Resources, June 2, 2006
  9. ↑ WW Philadelphia - Axel Alonso on The Return of Hellstrom (cached), Newsarama, June 2, 2006
  10. ↑ 'Daredevil Noir' Q&A With Writer Alex Irvine Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine , Wizard Universe, September 12, 2008
  11. ↑ The Man Who Would be King(pin): Irvine on Daredevil Noir, Comic Book Resources, April 3, 2009
  12. ↑ "My Own Private Singularity: "Iron Man: Rapture" and the Horror, the Horror < PopMatters". www.popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04.
  13. ↑ "J! Archive - Alex Irvine". www.j-archive.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  14. ↑ "2015 Scribe Awards Winners". Locus Online. July 13, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  15. ↑ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
  16. ↑ Dozois, Gardner (2003). The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16. St Martin's Press.
  17. ↑ "Dungeons & Dragons". IDW Publishing. Archived from the original on 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  18. ↑ "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DARK SUN #5 (OF 5) 10 COPY INCV (MAR110471)". www.previewsworld.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

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