Alex Irvine

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

Early life and education 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).

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). 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 his wife Lindsay and has two children, a boy and a girl who are twins.