Andy Duncan (writer)

Andy Duncan
Duncan in 2008
Duncan in 2008
Born (1964-09-21) September 21, 1964 (age 60)
Batesburg, South Carolina, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of South Carolina
North Carolina State University (MA)
University of Alabama (MFA)
Clarion West Writers Workshop
Genres
Notable awardsTheodore Sturgeon Award (2002)
World Fantasy Award (x3)
Nebula Award for Best Novelette (2012)
SpouseSydney
Website
www.angelfire.com/al/andyduncan/

Andy Duncan (born September 21, 1964) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose work frequently deals with Southern U.S. themes.

Biography

Duncan was born in Batesburg, South Carolina and graduated from high school from W. Wyman King Academy. He earned a degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina and worked for seven years at the Greensboro News & Record.

Duncan earned an M.A. in creative writing (fiction) from North Carolina State University and an M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of Alabama. He also attended Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1994.[1]

In Fall 2008, he was hired as an Assistant Professor of English at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland.[1]

His novelette "Close Encounters" won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.[2][3] His novelette "An Agent of Utopia" was a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award.[4]

His fiction has appeared in a number of venues, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, Sci Fiction, and Escape Pod. He has also published poetry, essays, and reviews.

Professional activities

In October 2022, Andy Duncan was a guest on the Maryland State Library Agency podcast in the episode titled "Spooky Maryland Stories with Andy Duncan".[5]

He was a senior editor at Overdrive, a magazine for truck drivers, from 2003 to 2008.[6]

Duncan was an instructor at Clarion Workshop in 2004 and at Clarion West Writers Workshop in 2005.

He has frequently given readings and spoken on panels at such venues as the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, held each spring in Florida.

Duncan starred as the main character, Counter, in a live dramatization of Jeanne Beckwith's one-act play The Back Room, performed with award-winning authors John Kessel and James K. Morrow, author and scholar F. Brett Cox, writer and critic Fiona Kelleghan, Sydney Sowers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer expert Rhonda V. Wilcox. The play was presented at the 17th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 19, 1999.[7]

Personal life

Duncan currently lives with his wife Sydney in Frostburg, Maryland along with a 17 year old dog Lily, and cats Bella and Hilary.

Awards

He has won the Theodore Sturgeon Award.[8] and three World Fantasy Awards, and has been nominated for Hugo, Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award. The Night Cache was nominated in the Best Novella category for a 2010 World Fantasy Award.[9]

He won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Close Encounters" featured in The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories.[2][3] His novelette "An Agent of Utopia" was also a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award.[4]

Bibliography

Novels

  • The Night Cache (stand-alone novella), 2009, PS Publishing, (ISBN 9781848630642)

Collections

Edited works

Nonfiction

References

  1. ^ a b "Andy Duncan page at Frostburg State University". Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2012 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus Online News. Locus Publications. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Congratulations to the 2012 Nebula Award Winners". Tor.com. Macmillan Publishers. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "2018 Nebula Finalists Announced". SFWA. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Scary Stories Across Maryland with Dr. Andy Duncan" (PDF). Maryland State Library Agency. September 30, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "Andy Duncan: The Story Engine". Locus Online. Locus Publications. November 6, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Beckwith, Jeanne (March 19, 1999). The Back Room. WorldCat. OCLC 041296862.
  8. ^ "The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award". Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  9. ^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "2010 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
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