Alexander Christian Irvine (born March 22, 1969) is an Americanfantasy andscience fiction author.

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

He worked for a time as areporter atThe Phoenix.^[3]

Irvine has worked onalternate reality games includingThe Beast (2001) andI Love Bees, and is the writer of theFacebook gameMarvel Avengers Alliance (2012).^[4]

He first gained notability with hisLocus Award–winning 2002 novelA Scattering of Jades (which also won theCrawford Award in 2003) and the stories that would form the 2003 collectionUnintended Consequences. He has also publishedThe Grail Quest novelOne King, One Soldier (2004), and theWorld War II-era historical fantasyThe Narrows (2005).^[2] He released acollection of thirteen short stories calledPictures from an Expedition in 2006.^[2]

He wroteTheVertigo Encyclopedia.^[5][6][7] As well as writing about comics, he has written a number of comic book series, including one featuringDaimon Hellstrom for theMarvel Comics imprintMax,^[8][9]Daredevil Noir,^[10][11] andIron Man: The Rapture.^[12]

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

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

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• A Scattering of Jades (2002,ISBN 0-7653-0116-4)
• One King, One Soldier (2004,ISBN 0-345-46696-9)
• The Narrows (2005,ISBN 0-345-46698-5)
• The Life of Riley (2005,ISBN 1-59606-013-1)
• Buyout (2009,ISBN 0-345-49433-4)
• Mare Ultima. PS Publishing. 2012.
• Anthropocene Rag. 2020.

Licensed work

• Have Robot, Will Travel (2004,ISBN 1-59687-151-2)
• Batman: Inferno (October 2006,ISBN 0-345-47945-9)
• The Ultimates: Against All Enemies (2007,ISBN 1-4165-1071-0)
• TheSupernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls (September 2007,ISBN 0-06-136703-6)
• Supernatural:John Winchester's Journal (February 2009,ISBN 0-06-170662-0)
• Iron Man: Virus (January 2010)
• Iron Man 2 - The Novelization (April 2010,ISBN 978-0-446-56458-8)
• Transformers: Exodus (June 2010,ISBN 978-0-345-51985-6)
• Transformers: Exiles (2011)
• The Seal of Karga Kul: A Dungeons & Dragons Novel (December 2010)
• Star Wars: Mandorla (Cancelled)
• The Adventures of Tintin: A Novel (Movie Tie-In) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (November 2011,ISBN 0-316-18579-5)
• The Secret Journal of Ichabod Crane (2014,ISBN 9780553418989)
• Pacific Rim - The Novelization (2013)
• Phase One: Captain America: The First Avenger (2014,ISBN 9780316256322)
• Phase One: Iron Man (2014,ISBN 9780316256346)
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Winner of the 2015Scribe Award for Best Adapted Novel.^[14])
• Batman: Arkham Knight - The Riddler's Gambit (Prequel toBatman: Arkham Knight) (June 2015,ISBN 9781783292509)
• Marvel Superheroes: Secret Wars (2015,ISBN 9780785191001)
• Phase One: Marvel's The Avengers (2015,ISBN 9780316256377)
• Phase One: The Incredible Hulk (2015,ISBN 9780316256339)
• Phase One: Thor (2015,ISBN 9780316256353)
• Phase Two: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2015,ISBN 9780316256759)
• Independence Day: Resurgence: The Novelization (2016,ISBN 9781785651311)
• Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse (2016,ISBN 9781452148274)
• Phase Two: Marvel's Ant-Man (2016,ISBN 9780316256384)
• Power Rangers: The Official Movie Novelization (2017)
• Pacific Rim: Uprising - The Novelization (2018,ISBN 9781785657689)
• Tom Clancy's The Division: Broken Dawn (2019,ISBN 9781984803177)

Stories^[15]

• Hellstorm: Son of Satan -- Equinox #1-5 (art byRussell Braun) (MarvelMAX, October 2006-February 2007)
• DaredevilNoir: Liar's Poker #1-4 (art byTomm Coker) (Marvel, April–July 2009)
• The Murder of King Tut #1-5 (adapted from the novel by James Patterson, art by Christopher Mitten andRon Randall) (IDW, June–October 2010)
• Iron Man: The Rapture #1-4 (art by Lan Medina) (Marvel Knights, November 2010-January 2011)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun #1-5 (art by Peter Bergting) (IDW, January 2011-May 2011)^[17][18]
  • Dark Sun: Ianto's Tomb (August 14, 2012,ISBN 1-60010-996-9)
• Deus Ex: The Children's Crusade #1-5 (art by John Aggs) (Titan, February–June 2016)
• Deus Ex Universe: The Dawning Darkness (art by John Aggs) (Titan, August 2016)

• Irvine, Alex (2008). Dougall, Alastair (ed.).TheVertigo Encyclopedia. New York:Dorling Kindersley.ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1.OCLC 213309015.
• The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-making Swings (and Misses) of America's National Pastime (art byTomm Coker and C.P. Smith) (Ten-Speed Press, 2019,ISBN 9780399578946)

• Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)

As listed inContemporary Authors.^[2]

• 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, forThe Beast, 2001
• Best Ideas of the Year,The New York Times, forThe Beast, 2001
• Pushcart Prize nomination for "Snapdragons", 2002
• Best First Novel,Locus, forA Scattering of Jades, 2003
• Best First Novel, International Horror Guild, forA Scattering of Jades, 2003
• Crawford Award for best first novel, forA Scattering of Jades, 2003
• International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, forA Scattering of Jades, 2003
• New England Press Award for investigative journalism, 2004
• International Game Developers Association award for innovation, forI 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

• 1969 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American novelists
• American comics writers
• American fantasy writers
• American male novelists
• Contestants on American game shows
• The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people
• People from Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Novelists from Maine
• Novelists from Michigan
• University of Michigan alumni
• 21st-century American male writers

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