Michael Livingston

GenreHistory
Historical fiction
FantasyNotable worksThe Shards of HeavenWebsitewww.michaellivingston.com

Michael Livingston is an American historian, a professor of medieval literature, and a historical fantasy novelist. His 2015 debut novel, The Shards of Heaven, was followed by two sequels.

Early life, education and career

Originally from Colorado,^[1] Livingston has a B.A. in history from Baylor University, an M.A. in medieval studies from Western Michigan University, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester.^[2] He has been a professor at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina since 2006.^[1][2][3] In his academic life he wrote numerous articles on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, Beowulf, Chaucer, James Joyce and Robert Jordan.^[4]

Television

Michael Livingston is the co-star on the Discovery Channel TV show Contact, in which he skeptically examines potential evidence for the existence of extraterrestrial life and its impact on Earth.^[5][6][7]

Writing

Livingston has published multiple academic works.^[1][3] He said in 2015, "one of the key bits of advice I ever received as a young novelist-to-be was to try to cut my teeth on writing short stories ... starting with short stories was vital to the development of my career".^[8] Livingston's debut novel, The Shards of Heaven, was published by Tor Books in November 2015.^{[1][3][9][10]} Two sequels have subsequently appeared.^[1]

Middle English translations

• Livingston, Michael, ed. (2004). Siege of Jerusalem. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications. ISBN 978-1-58044-090-5.
• Gower, John (2006). Livingston, Michael (ed.). In Praise of Peace. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications. ISBN 978-1-58044-097-4.
• Livingston, Michael, ed. (2011). Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications. ISBN 978-1-58044-150-6.

Academia

• Livingston, Michael; Sutton, John William (2006). "Reinventing the Hero: Gardner's Grendel and the Shifting Face of Beowulf in Popular Culture". Studies in Popular Culture. 29 (1): 1–16. JSTOR 23418069.^[1][11]
• Livingston, Michael (2006). "Quantum physics: Dr Williamson and the master speed". Nature. 443 (370). doi:10.1038/443370a.^[1]
• Livingston, Michael, ed. (2011). The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 978-0-85989-863-8.^[1]
• Livingston, Michael; Bollard, John K., eds. (2013). Owain Glyndŵr: A Casebook. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85989-884-3.^[1]
• Livingston, Michael; DeVries, Kelly, eds. (2015). The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook. United Kingdom: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-78138-264-6.^[1]
• Livingston, Michael (2021). Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
• Livingston, Michael (2022). Crécy: Battle of Five Kings. Osprey Publishing.

General nonfiction

• Livingston, Michael (2022). Origins of the Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan. New York, NY: Tor Books. ISBN 9781250860521.^[12]

Fiction

Short stories

• Livingston, Michael (2005). "The Keeper Alone". L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future. 21 (novelette). Galaxy Press. ISBN 978-1-59212-217-2.^[1][13]
• Livingston, Michael (2005). "The Hand that Binds". Black Gate. 9 (short story).^[1]
• Livingston, Michael (2011). "Purging Cocytus". Black Gate. 15 (short story).^[14]
• Livingston, Michael (2015). "At the End of Babel". Tor.com (short story).^[10][15]
• Livingston, Michael (2016). "The Temples of the Ark" (Shards of Heaven). Amazon Kindle (short story).

Livingston's 2011 collection Angels Among Other Things, self-published via e-book, consisted of nine short stories, including "The Keeper Alone" and "At the End of Babel".^[16]

Novels

• Livingston, Michael (2015). The Shards of Heaven. Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-76538-031-9.^{[1][3][9][10]}
• Livingston, Michael (2016). The Gates of Hell. Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-76538-033-3.
• Livingston, Michael (2017). The Realms of God. Tor Books. ISBN 978-0-76538-035-7.

Anthologies edited

• Livingston, Michael; Schoen, Lawrence M., eds. (2007). Prime Codex. Paper Golem. ISBN 978-0-97953-490-4.^[17]
• Rambo, Cat (2009). Livingston, Michael; Schoen, Lawrence M. (eds.). Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight. Paper Golem. ISBN 978-0-97953-494-2.^[18]

References

External links

• Official website