Boyd Morrison


Boyd Morrison is an American thriller novelist, actor and former Jeopardy! champion. He has co-authored several books with The [New York Times] fiction best-seller Clive Cussler.

Education

Boyd Morrison has earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University and a PhD from Virginia Tech in industrial engineering.

Career

After his graduation from Rice University, Morrison joined Lockheed working on the Space Station Freedom project at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. He left NASA to get his PhD in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech. Morrison moved to Seattle and went to work for Microsoft in the Xbox games group. Among his credits are PC and Xbox games, including Project Gotham, Racing 2, Flight Simulator 2004, and Forza Motorsport. Morrison left Microsoft in 2005 to write full-time.
Morrison's first book The Noah's Ark Quest was self published and later published by Simon and Schuster. The Ark has been translated into 22 languages, was selected for IndieBound's Indie Next list in May 2010, and became a top 15 bestseller in the UK.
In 2022, The New York Times lauded his novel, The Lawless Land, as having "a satisfyingly bustling plot."

Tales of the Lawless Land

Boyd Morrison co-authors this series with sister Beth Morrison, an expert in medieval manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum
# TitlePublication Date
1The Lawless Land2022
2The Last True Templar2023

The Oregon Files (Juan Cabrillo Series)

Morrison co-authors part of The Oregon Files series with Clive Cussler.
# TitlePublication Date
1Piranha2015
2The Emperor's Revenge2016
3Typhoon Fury2017
4Shadow Tyrants2018
5Final Option2020
6Marauder2020