Alex Irvine


Alexander Christian Irvine is an American fantasy and science fiction author.
WWW alexanderirvine.net

Education and early life

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 worked for a time as a reporter at The Phoenix.

Career

Irvine has worked on alternate reality games including The Beast and I Love Bees, and is the writer of the Facebook game Marvel Avengers Alliance.
He first gained notability 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.
He 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 Iron Man: The Rapture''.

Personal life

He is married with twins, a boy and girl, and two younger children.
Irvine appeared on Jeopardy! in 2015. He was a one day champion, winning $26,000.

Novels

  • A Scattering of Jades
  • One King, One Soldier
  • The Narrows
  • The Life of Riley
  • Buyout
;Licensed work

Short fiction

;Stories
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Akenhaten2001
Agent Provocateur2002Strange Horizons
Black Friday2018Tor.com
Chisel and chime2020F&SF
Intimations of immortalityF&SF
Mystery Hill2009Novella
Rosetti song2000

Comics

Non-fiction

  • ''The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-making Swings of America's National Pastime''

Screenwriting

Awards and honors

As listed in Contemporary Authors.
  • Lennie Isaacs Memorial Award, Clarion Writer's Workshop, 1993
  • Steve Grady Poetry Award, University of Maine, 1995
  • Albert Morton Turner Essay Prize, University of Maine, 1995
  • Technology in the First-Year English Classroom Award, University of Denver, 1999
  • Travel and dissertation research grant, ColRoMorA Family Foundation, 1999
  • Best Web site of the Year, Entertainment Weekly, for The Beast, 2001
  • Best Ideas of the Year, The New York Times, for The Beast, 2001
  • Pushcart Prize nomination for "Snapdragons", 2002
  • Best First Novel, Locus, for A Scattering of Jades, 2003
  • Best First Novel, International Horror Guild, for A Scattering of Jades, 2003
  • Crawford Award for best first novel, for A Scattering of Jades, 2003
  • International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for A Scattering of Jades, 2003
  • New England Press Award for investigative journalism, 2004
  • International Game Developers Association award for innovation, for I Love Bees, 2005
  • Critic's choice award, 48-hour Film Project, for "Music Box", 2006
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, for "Wizard's Six", 2007