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

Originally from Colorado, 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. He has been a professor at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, since 2006.

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.

Livingston is also the presenter of a number of documentaries on the History Hit Network. Ranging from William Wallace and Owain Glyndwr through to Magna Carta and the Agincourt campaign of Henry V

Livingston has published multiple academic works. He has written numerous articles on the world of J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf, Chaucer, James Joyce and Robert Jordan.

Livingston 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". Livingston's debut novel, The Shards of Heaven, was published by Tor Books in November 2015. Two sequels have subsequently been published.

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".