Alex Irvine

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Alexander Christian Irvine (* 22. March 1969 in Ypsilanti , Michigan ) is an American science fiction and fantasy - writer , the artist who created Alex Irvine and Alexander C. Irvine published.

biography

Irvine received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in 1991, a Master of Arts from the University of Maine in 1996, and a Ph.D. at the University of Denver . Since November 2005 he has been an assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. He also worked as a reporter for the Portland Phoenix for a while .

He is married with twins, a boy and a girl. Until recently he was a professor at the University of Southern Maine . He was a candidate for Jeopardy in 2015 ! and won $ 26,000.

Irvine worked on alternate reality games such as B. The Beast and I love Bees and is the author of the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance .

Irvine first attracted attention in 2002 when he won the Locus Awards for his novel A Scattering of Jades , which also won the Crawford Award the following year . In 2003 his story collection Unintended Consequences was also noted .

In 2004 Irvine published the novel One King, One Soldier , set in the universe of the Grail Quest by Bernard Cornwell . In 2004, Have Robot, Will Travel , a novel reminiscent of Isaac Asimov's robotic crime novels and the robot laws , was published. The following year, The Narrows , a historical fantasy novel set during World War II , was published. In 2006 she published the story collection Pictures from an Expedition . Buyout a novel set in 2041 was published by Random House in 2009 .

In addition to his own works, he also wrote in the Marvel Universe , including The Ultimates: Against All Enemies . He also wrote the Vertigo Encyclopedia . Also a book about Batman at DC Comics , Batman: Inferno , Irvine wrote.

He was also active as a writer of comics series, including writing for Marvel Daimon Hellstrom Comics. Daredevil Noir , and Iron Man: The Rapture .

Apart from a few comics, Irvine has not yet published anything in German (as of 05/2019).

Awards

  • Lennie Isaacs Memorial Award, Clarion Science Fiction Writers' 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 Snapdragon , 2002
  • Locus Award for best novel for A Scattering of Jades , 2003
  • Best First Novel, International Horror Guild, for A Scattering of Jades , 2003
  • Crawford Award for best first-line 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
  • Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, for Wizard's Six , 2007

Works

Novels

  • A Scattering of Jades , 2002
  • One King, One Soldier , 2004
  • The Narrows , 2005
  • The Life of Riley , 2005
  • Buyout , 2009
  • Mystery Hill , 2009

License work

  • Have Robot, Will Travel , 2004
  • Batman: Inferno , 2006
  • The Ultimates: Against All Enemies , 2007
  • The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls , 2007
  • Supernatural: John Winchester's Journal , 2009
  • Iron Man: Virus , 2010
  • Iron Man 2 , 2010
  • Transformers: Exodus , 2010
  • The Seal of Karga Kul: A Dungeons & Dragons Novel , 2010
  • Transformers: Exiles , 2011
  • The Adventures of Tintin: A Novel (Movie Tie-In) , 2011
  • Batman: Arkham Knight - The Riddler's Gambit , 2015

Anthologies

  • Unintended Consequences , 2003
  • Pictures from an Expedition , 2006

Non-fiction

  • Vertigo Encyclopedia , 2008

comics

  • Hellstorm: Son of Satan - Equinox # 1-5
  • Daredevil Noir: Liar's Poker # 1–4
  • The Murder of King Tut # 1-5
  • Iron Man: The Rapture # 1-4
  • Dark Sun: Ianto's Tomb # 1-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Irvine at the Contemporary Authors ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ University of Maine Home Page ( Memento June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ J! Archive - Alex Irvine (archive page from Jeopardy!) .
  4. ↑ Variety article on Avengers Alliance. Variety , accessed May 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Vertigo Encyclopedia. Comic Book Resources , accessed May 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Alex Irvine talks about Vertigo. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 17, 2019 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / forbiddenplanet.co.uk  
  7. ↑ Alex Irvine talks about Son of Satan . Comic Book Resources, accessed May 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Axel Alonso on The Return of Hellstrom ( Memento from June 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Daredevil Noir - Interview with Irvine ( Memento from August 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ The Man Who Would be King (pin). Comic Book Resources , accessed May 17, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Iron Man: Rapture and the Horror, the Horror. popmatters, accessed May 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Irvine, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Irvine, Alexander Christian; Irvine, Alexander C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2nd 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Ypsilanti