B.A. University of Virginia, 1982
M.S. American University, 1994
B.A. George Mason University, 1997
M.F.A. University of Virginia, 2000
M.S. National Defense Intelligence College, 2010 

Mr. Livingood has published essays and fiction in Best New American Voices 2001, Yemassee, C-Ville, The Texas Review, and The Hollins Critic. He serves as the faculty advisor for Meridian, the semiannual literary magazine founded and edited by students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. He is also a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard Reserve.

Anthologies

Stories and Essays

• “To Us,” CreamCity Review, Spring 2004.
• "Motion Sickness," The Texas Review, Fall/Winter 2002.
• "Signal Codes" Chapbook published by White House Coffee Store Press, November 2002.
• "Charles Baxter: Fiction Resisting the Corilineal," The Hollins Critic, October 2000.
• "From the Pilot to the Bombardier: An Anecdote on Literary Fame," The Texas Review, Spring/Summer 2001.
• "Oh Albany, My Love," C-ville, March 21, 2000.
• "Overnight Sensation, 1974," Writer’s Eye, 1999.
• "The Summer Sea," Yemassee, Spring/Summer 1998.

Essays and Other Nonfiction

• “From the Pilot to the Bombardier: An Anecdote on Literary Fame.”
  The Texas Review, Spring/Summer 2001. A personal essay on attending one of Joseph Heller’s last public readings.
• “The Chronicle of Don García Fernández.” Meridian, Spring 2001. “Lost Classic” feature on a previously unpublished Washington Irving manuscript.
• “Charles Baxter: Fiction Resisting the Corilineal.” The Hollins Critic, December 2000. Feature-length essay on Baxter’s The Feast of Love, prior novels, and fiction collections.
• “Puddle Jumper: An Interview with Charles Baxter.” Meridian, Fall 2001. Interview.
• “Revenge of the Introverts.” Computer Mediated Communication. Vol. 2, No. 4. April, 1995. Essay on emerging methods of Internet communication.