Andy Duncan (writer)
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Andy Duncan (born 21 September 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.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. His novelette "Close Encounters" won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.[1][2] His novelette "An Agent of Utopia" was a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award.[3]
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.[4]
In Fall 2008, he was hired as an Assistant Professor of English at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, MD.[4]
His fiction has appeared in a number of venues, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, SciFiction, and Escape Pod. He has also published poetry, essays, and reviews.
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.
Bibliography[]
Novels[]
- (stand-alone novella), 2009, PS Publishing, (ISBN 978-1-848630-64-2)
Collections[]
- The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories, PS Publishing, 2011 (ISBN 978-1-848633-09-4)
- , Golden Gryphon Press, 2000 (ISBN 0-9655901-1-9)
Edited works[]
- (with ), Tor Books, 2004 (ISBN 0-7653-0813-4)
Nonfiction[]
- , Globe Pequot, 2005 (ISBN 0-7627-3088-9)
Professional activities[]
He was a senior editor at Overdrive, a magazine for truck drivers, from 2003 to 2008.[5]
Duncan was an instructor at Clarion Workshop in 2004 and at Clarion West 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 Morrow, author and scholar Dr. F. Brett Cox, writer and critic Fiona Kelleghan, Sydney Sowers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer expert Dr. 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.[6]
Awards[]
He has won the Theodore Sturgeon Award.[7] 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.[8]
He won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Close Encounters" featured in The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories.[1][2] His novelette "An Agent of Utopia" was also a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2012 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus Online News. Locus Publications. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Congratulations to the 2012 Nebula Award Winners". Tor.com. Macmillan Publishers. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2018 Nebula Finalists Announced". SFWA. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Andy Duncan page at Frostburg State University". Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Andy Duncan: The Story Engine". Locus Online. Locus Publications. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ Beckwith, Jeanne (March 19, 1999). The Back Room. WorldCat. OCLC 041296862.
- ^ "The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award". Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "2010 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
External links[]
- 1964 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American short story writers
- American fantasy writers
- American male short story writers
- American science fiction writers
- People from Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
- Nebula Award winners
- World Fantasy Award-winning writers
- People from Frostburg, Maryland
- 21st-century American male writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- Writers from South Carolina
- Writers from Maryland
- North Carolina State University alumni
- University of Alabama alumni
- University of South Carolina alumni
- Frostburg State University faculty