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     Andy Duncan will join the Cumberland Chapter on November 20th for an in-person presentation of - Weird Maryland: Curses, Ghosts, and Monsters.

Andy Duncan Biography:

     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.

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

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

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1.     ^ Jump up to:^a b "2012 Nebula Awards Winners". Locus Online News. Locus Publications. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

2.     ^ Jump up to:^a b "Congratulations to the 2012 Nebula Award Winners". Tor.com. Macmillan Publishers. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.

3.     ^ Jump up to:^a b "2018 Nebula Finalists Announced". SFWA. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

4.     ^ Jump up to:^a b "Andy Duncan page at Frostburg State University". Retrieved March 6, 2012.

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.