Boyd Morrison

Boyd Morrison
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period2010-
GenreThriller
Website
boydmorrison.com

Boyd Morrison (* February 17, 1967) is an American thriller novelist, actor and former Jeopardy! champion. He has co-authored several books with The New York Times fiction best-seller Clive Cussler.

Education

Boyd Morrison has earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University and a PhD from Virginia Tech in industrial engineering.[1]

Career

After his graduation from Rice University, Morrison joined Lockheed working on the Space Station Freedom project at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.[2] He left NASA to get his PhD in industrial engineering[3] from Virginia Tech. Morrison moved to Seattle and went to work for Microsoft in the Xbox games group.[4] Among his credits are PC and Xbox games, including Project Gotham, Racing 2, Flight Simulator 2004, and Forza Motorsport. Morrison left Microsoft in 2005 to write full-time.[5]

Morrison's first book The Noah's Ark Quest (The Ark) was self published and later published by Simon and Schuster. The Ark (The Noah's Ark Quest) has been translated into 22 languages, was selected for IndieBound's Indie Next list in May 2010,[6] and became a top 15 bestseller in the UK.

In 2022, The New York Times lauded his novel, The Lawless Land, as having "a satisfyingly bustling plot."[7]

Bibliography

Tales of the Lawless Land

Boyd Morrison co-authors this series with sister Beth Morrison,[8] an expert in medieval manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum

 #  Title Publication Date
1[9] The Lawless Land 2022
2[10] The Last True Templar 2023

The Oregon Files (Juan Cabrillo Series)

Morrison co-authors part of The Oregon Files series with Clive Cussler.

 #  Title Publication Date
1 Piranha 2015
2[11] The Emperor's Revenge 2016
3[12] Typhoon Fury 2017
4[13] Shadow Tyrants 2018
5[14] Final Option 2020
6[15] Marauder 2020

Tyler Locke Adventures

 #  Title Publication Date
1 The Noah's Ark Quest (The Ark) 2010
2 The Midas Code (The Vault) 2011
3 The Roswell Conspiracy 2012
4 The Loch Ness Legacy 2013

Stand Alone Novels

 #  Title Publication Date
1 The Tsunami Countdown (Rogue Wave) 2010
2 Substance (The Catalyst) 2011

References

  1. ^ "Author Boyd Morrison". Archived from the original (Web Article) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  2. ^ "Boyd Morrison Interview" (Web Article). Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  3. ^ "SELF-PUBLISHING: WHO NEEDS A PUBLISHER ANYMORE?" (Web Article). Newsweek. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  4. ^ "Boyd Morrison Author revealed questions and answers" (Web Article). Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  5. ^ "Boyd Morrison: The Self-Publishing Bestseller on 'How I Did It'" (Web Article). Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  6. ^ "www.indiebound.org/files/nextlist/pdf/IndieNextList201005.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  7. ^ Becker, Alida (15 July 2022). "When It Comes to Historical Fiction, More Is More". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  8. ^ "Elizabeth Morrison".
  9. ^ "The Lawless Land, by Boyd Morrison and Beth Morrison".[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "The Last True Templar, by Boyd Morrison and Beth Morrison".[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "New York Times Bestselling Author Boyd Morrison".
  12. ^ "Typhoon Fury, by Clive Cussler".
  13. ^ "Shadow Tyrants, by Clive Cussler".
  14. ^ "Final Option, by Clive Cussler".
  15. ^ "Marauder, by Clive Cussler".

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