Andy Duncan (writer)
- Science fiction
- fantasy
World Fantasy Award (x3)
Nebula Award for Best Novelette (2012)
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.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, Maryland.[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
- The Night Cache (stand-alone novella), 2009, PS Publishing, (ISBN 978-1-848630-64-2)
Collections
- An Agent of Utopia: New and Selected Stories, Small Beer Press, 2018 (ISBN 978-1618731531)
- The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories, PS Publishing, 2011 (ISBN 978-1-848633-09-4)
- Beluthahatchie and Other Stories, Golden Gryphon Press, 2000 (ISBN 0-9655901-1-9)
Edited works
- Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic (with F. Brett Cox), Tor Books, 2004 (ISBN 0-7653-0813-4)
Nonfiction
- Alabama Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, Globe Pequot, 2005 (ISBN 0-7627-3088-9)
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 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.[7]
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.[1][2] His novelette "An Agent of Utopia" was also a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award.[3]
References
- ^ a b "2012 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus Online News. Locus Publications. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "Congratulations to the 2012 Nebula Award Winners". Tor.com. Macmillan Publishers. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "2018 Nebula Finalists Announced". SFWA. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ a b "Andy Duncan page at Frostburg State University". Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ "Scary Stories Across Maryland with Dr. Andy Duncan" (PDF). Maryland State Library Agency. September 30, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
- ^ "Andy Duncan: The Story Engine". Locus Online. Locus Publications. November 6, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ^ Beckwith, Jeanne (March 19, 1999). The Back Room. WorldCat. OCLC 041296862.
- ^ "The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award". Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "2010 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees". Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
External links
- Official blog
- Duncan's personal website
- 2000 Interview at Infinity Plus
- 2001 Interview excerpt at Locus Magazine
- Complete bibliography
- Andy Duncan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny (1966)
- "Call Him Lord" by Gordon R. Dickson (1967)
- "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber (1968)
- "Mother to the World" by Richard Wilson (1969)
- "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" by Samuel R. Delany (1970)
- "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon (1971)
- "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson (1972)
- "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson (1973)
- "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" by Vonda N. McIntyre (1974)
- "If the Stars Are Gods", by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford (1975)
- "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tom Reamy (1976)
- "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov (1977)
- "The Screwfly Solution" by Raccoona Sheldon (1978)
- "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye" by Charles L. Grant (1979)
- "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin (1980)
- "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop (1981)
- "The Quickening" by Michael Bishop (1982)
- "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis (1983)
- "Blood Music" by Greg Bear (1984)
- "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1985)
- "Portraits of His Children" by George R. R. Martin (1986)
- "The Girl who Fell into the Sky" by Kate Wilhelm (1987)
- "Rachel in Love" by Pat Murphy (1988)
- "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger (1989)
- "At the Rialto" by Connie Willis (1990)
- "Tower of Babylon" by Ted Chiang (1991)
- "Guide Dog" by Michael Conner (1992)
- "Danny Goes to Mars" by Pamela Sargent (1993)
- "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield (1994)
- "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold (1995)
- "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1996)
- "Lifeboat on a Burning Sea" by Bruce Holland Rogers (1997)
- "The Flowers of Adult Prison" by Nancy Kress (1998)
- "Lost Girls" by Jane Yolen (1999)
- "'Mars is No Place for Children", by Mary Turzillo (2000)
- "Daddy's World" by Walter Jon Williams (2001)
- "Louise's Ghost" by Kelly Link (2002)
- "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (2003)
- "The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford (2004)
- "Basement Magic" by Ellen Klages (2005)
- "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link (2006)
- "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (2007)
- "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (2008)
- "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (2009)
- "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster (2010)
- "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (2011)
- "What We Found" by Geoff Ryman (2012)
- "Close Encounters" by Andy Duncan (2013)
- "The Waiting Stars" by Aliette de Bodard (2014)
- "A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i" by Alaya Dawn Johnson (2015)
- "Our Lady of the Open Road" by Sarah Pinsker (2016)
- "The Long Fall Up" by William Ledbetter (2017)
- "A Human Stain" by Kelly Robson (2018)
- "The Only Harmless Great Thing" by Brooke Bolander (2019)
- "Carpe Glitter" by Cat Rambo (2020)
- "Two Truths and a Lie" by Sarah Pinsker (2021)
- "O2 Arena" by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (2022)
- "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" by John Chu (2023)
- "The Year Without Sunshine" by Naomi Kritzer (2024)