Andy Duncan | |
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 Duncan in 2008 | |
| Born | (1964-09-21)September 21, 1964 (age 61) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of South Carolina North Carolina State University (MA) University of Alabama (MFA) Clarion West Writers Workshop |
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| Notable awards | Theodore Sturgeon Award (2002) World Fantasy Award (x3) Nebula Award for Best Novelette (2012) |
| Spouse | Sydney |
| Website | |
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Andy Duncan (born September 21, 1964) is an Americanscience fiction andfantasy writer whose work frequently deals with Southern U.S. themes.
Duncan was born inBatesburg, South Carolina and graduated from high school from W. Wyman King Academy. He earned a degree in journalism from theUniversity of South Carolina and worked for seven years at theGreensboro News & Record.
Duncan earned an M.A. in creative writing (fiction) fromNorth Carolina State University and an M.F.A. in fiction writing from theUniversity of Alabama. He also attendedClarion West Writers Workshop in 1994.[1]
In Fall 2008, he was hired as an Assistant Professor of English atFrostburg State University inFrostburg, Maryland.[1]
His novelette "Close Encounters" won the 2012Nebula 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, includingAsimov's Science Fiction,Realms of Fantasy,Weird Tales,Sci Fiction, andEscape Pod. He has also published poetry, essays, and reviews.
In October 2022, Andy Duncan was a guest on theMaryland State Library Agency podcast in the episode titled "Spooky Maryland Stories with Andy Duncan".[5]
He was a senior editor atOverdrive, a magazine fortruck drivers, from 2003 to 2008.[6]
Duncan was an instructor atClarion Workshop in 2004 and atClarion 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 playThe Back Room, performed with award-winning authorsJohn Kessel andJames K. Morrow, author and scholar F. Brett Cox, writer and criticFiona Kelleghan, Sydney Sowers, andBuffy 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]
Duncan currently lives with his wife Sydney inFrostburg, Maryland along with a 17 year old dog Lily, and cats Bella and Hilary.
He has won theTheodore Sturgeon Award.[8] and threeWorld Fantasy Awards, and has been nominated forHugo,Nebula Award andShirley Jackson Award.The Night Cache was nominated in the Best Novella category for a 2010 World Fantasy Award.[9]
| Work | Year & Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| "Beluthahatchie" | 1998Hugo Award | Short Story | Nominated | |
| 1998 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Short Story | 8th Place | [10] | |
| 1998Astounding Award | New Writer | Nominated | ||
| "The Genetic Engineer Throws a Cocktail Party and Drinks Too Much" | 1999 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Poem | 5th Place | [11] |
| "The Executioners' Guild" | 1999 HOMer Award | Novella | Nominated | [12] |
| 1999International Horror Guild Award | Long Fiction | Nominated | [13] | |
| 2000Nebula Award | Novella | Nominated | ||
| 2000 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novella | 2nd Place | [14] | |
| 2000Locus Award | Novella | Nominated | [15] | |
| "Green Fire" | 2001 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novella | 8th Place | [16] |
| Beluthahatchie and Other Stories | 2001 World Fantasy Award | Collection | Won | |
| 2001 Locus Award | Collection | Nominated | ||
| "Fenneman's Mouth" | 2001 Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated | |
| "Fortitude" | 2001 Nebula Award | Novella | Nominated | |
| "The Pottawatomie Giant" | 2001World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| 2001 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| 2002 Nebula Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| "Lincoln in Frogmore" | 2001 World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2001 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| 2002 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novelette | 4th Place | [17] | |
| "Senator Bilbo" | 2002 Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated | |
| "The Chief Designer" | 2002 Hugo Award | Novella | Nominated | |
| 2002Theodore Sturgeon Award | Short Science Fiction | Won | ||
| 2002 Locus Award | Novella | Nominated | ||
| 2002 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novella | 4th Place | [18] | |
| 2003 Nebula Award | Novella | Nominated | ||
| "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" | 2003 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | |
| "Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull" | 2004 Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated | |
| "Zora and the Zombie" | 2004Bram Stoker Award | Long Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2005 Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated | ||
| 2005 Nebula Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| "Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse" | 2007Shirley Jackson Award | Short Story | Nominated | [19] |
| 2008 Nebula Award | Short Story | Nominated | ||
| 2008 Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated | ||
| "A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil's Ninth Question" | 2008 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | |
| "The Night Cache" | 2009 Shirley Jackson Award | Novelette | Nominated | [20] |
| 2010 World Fantasy Award | Novella | Nominated | ||
| "The Dragaman's Bride" | 2010 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | |
| "Slow as a Bullet" | 2012 Locus Award | Short Story | Nominated | |
| "Close Encounters" | 2013 Nebula Award | Novelette | Won | |
| 2013 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories | 2013 Locus Award | Collection | Nominated | |
| 2013 Shirley Jackson Award | Collection | Nominated | [21] | |
| "Wakulla Springs" (withEllen Klages) | 2014 Hugo Award | Novella | Nominated | |
| 2014 Nebula Award | Novella | Nominated | ||
| 2014 World Fantasy Award | Novella | Won | ||
| 2014 Locus Award | Novella | Nominated | ||
| "An Agent of Utopia" | 2019 Nebula Award | Novelette | Nominated | |
| 2019 Locus Award | Novelette | Nominated | ||
| An Agent of Utopia: New & Selected Stories | 2019 World Fantasy Award | Collection | Nominated | |
| 2019 Locus Award | Collection | Nominated | ||
| "Charlie Tells Another One" | 2020 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novelette | 5th Place | [22] |
| 2021Science Fiction Research Association | Mary Kay Bray Award | Won | [23] |
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