Andy Duncan (writer)
Andy Duncan 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 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.
In Fall 2008, he was hired as an Assistant Professor of English at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland.
His novelette "Close Encounters" won the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. His novelette "An Agent of Utopia" was a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award.
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".He was a senior editor at Overdrive, a magazine for truck drivers, from 2003 to 2008.
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.
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. 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.| Work | Year & Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
| "Beluthahatchie" | 1998 Hugo Award | Short Story | ||
| "Beluthahatchie" | 1998 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Short Story | ||
| "Beluthahatchie" | 1998 Astounding Award | New Writer | ||
| "The Genetic Engineer Throws a Cocktail Party and Drinks Too Much" | 1999 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Poem | ||
| "The Executioners' Guild" | 1999 HOMer Award | Novella | ||
| "The Executioners' Guild" | 1999 International Horror Guild Award | Long Fiction | ||
| "The Executioners' Guild" | 2000 Nebula Award | Novella | ||
| "The Executioners' Guild" | 2000 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novella | ||
| "The Executioners' Guild" | 2000 Locus Award | Novella | ||
| "Green Fire" ' | 2001 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novella | ||
| Beluthahatchie and Other Stories | 2001 World Fantasy Award | Collection | Won | |
| Beluthahatchie and Other Stories | 2001 Locus Award | Collection | ||
| "Fenneman's Mouth" | 2001 Locus Award | Short Story | ||
| "Fortitude" | 2001 Nebula Award | Novella | ||
| "The Pottawatomie Giant" | 2001 World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | Won | |
| "The Pottawatomie Giant" | 2001 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| "The Pottawatomie Giant" | 2002 Nebula Award | Novelette | ||
| "Lincoln in Frogmore" | 2001 World Fantasy Award | Short Fiction | ||
| "Lincoln in Frogmore" | 2001 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| "Lincoln in Frogmore" | 2002 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novelette | ||
| "Senator Bilbo" | 2002 Locus Award | Short Story | ||
| "The Chief Designer" | 2002 Hugo Award | Novella | ||
| "The Chief Designer" | 2002 Theodore Sturgeon Award | Short Science Fiction | Won | |
| "The Chief Designer" | 2002 Locus Award | Novella | ||
| "The Chief Designer" | 2002 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novella | ||
| "The Chief Designer" | 2003 Nebula Award | Novella | ||
| "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" | 2003 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| "Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull" | 2004 Locus Award | Short Story | ||
| "Zora and the Zombie" | 2004 Bram Stoker Award | Long Fiction | ||
| "Zora and the Zombie" | 2005 Locus Award | Short Story | ||
| "Zora and the Zombie" | 2005 Nebula Award | Novelette | ||
| "Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse" | 2007 Shirley Jackson Award | Short Story | ||
| "Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse" | 2008 Nebula Award | Short Story | ||
| "Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse" | 2008 Locus Award | Short Story | ||
| "A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil's Ninth Question" | 2008 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| "The Night Cache" | 2009 Shirley Jackson Award | Novelette | ||
| "The Night Cache" | 2010 World Fantasy Award | Novella | ||
| "The Dragaman's Bride" | 2010 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| "Slow as a Bullet" | 2012 Locus Award | Short Story | ||
| "Close Encounters" | 2013 Nebula Award | Novelette | Won | |
| "Close Encounters" | 2013 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories | 2013 Locus Award | Collection | ||
| The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories | 2013 Shirley Jackson Award | Collection | ||
| "Wakulla Springs" ' | 2014 Hugo Award | Novella | ||
| "Wakulla Springs" ' | 2014 Nebula Award | Novella | ||
| "Wakulla Springs" ' | 2014 World Fantasy Award | Novella | Won | |
| "Wakulla Springs" | 2014 Locus Award | Novella | ||
| "An Agent of Utopia" | 2019 Nebula Award | Novelette | ||
| "An Agent of Utopia" | 2019 Locus Award | Novelette | ||
| An Agent of Utopia: New & Selected Stories | 2019 World Fantasy Award | Collection | ||
| An Agent of Utopia: New & Selected Stories | 2019 Locus Award | Collection | ||
| "Charlie Tells Another One" | 2020 Asimov's Readers' Poll | Novelette | ||
| 2021 Science Fiction Research Association | Mary Kay Bray Award | Won |