Nationality Canadian Role Author Occupation Author Spouse Janet Duncan (m. 1959) | Website www.daveduncan.com Education High School of Dundee Name Dave Duncan | |
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Full Name David John Duncan Born 30 June 1933 (age 90) ( 1933-06-30 ) Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland Residence Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Parent(s) Norman and Winifred Duncan Nominations Endeavour Award, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best First Novel, Sunburst Award Adult Books Reluctant Swordsman, The Gilded Chain, Magic Casement, The destiny of the sword, Coming of Wisdom | ||
David John Duncan (born 30 June 1933) is an award-winning Scottish Canadian fantasy and science fiction author.
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Biography
Duncan was born in Newport-on-Tay, Scotland and was educated at the High School of Dundee before studying geology at the University of St Andrews. After graduating in 1955, Duncan moved to Calgary, Alberta, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1960. He pursued a career as a geologist in the petroleum industry for nearly three decades before he started writing science fiction and fantasy novels. He made his first sale (A Rose Red City) two years later in 1986 at the age of 53, just two weeks after his 31-year career as a geologist came to an end due to a slump in the oil business, at which point he switched to full-time writing.
Duncan currently lives on Vancouver Island in Victoria, British Columbia. He has been married since 1959 to his wife, Janet, and has one son, two daughters, and four grandchildren. He has one brother, Michael, who is a retired agriculturist.
Writing career
Duncan is known to be a prolific writer and has penned over fifty books. His sixth book, West of January, won the 1990 Aurora award, an award he would win again in 2007 for Children of Chaos. He is a member of SF Canada and in 2015 he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Although Duncan usually writes under his own name, he has also used the pseudonyms Ken Hood and Sarah B. Franklin.