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

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). 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 (2001) and I Love Bees, and is the writer of the Facebook game Marvel Avengers Alliance (2012). 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). 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

Short fiction

Comics

Non-fiction

Screenwriting

Awards and honors

As listed in Contemporary Authors.