ANDY DUDAK - Writer, Illustrator, & Translator
About me & my word mongering...
I’ve had original stories in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Interzone, Forever Magazine, Apex, Science Fiction World (科幻世界), Daily Science Fiction, Abyss & Apex, Babelzine, Diabolical Plots, Flash Fiction Online, and more.
I’ve paneled at three Worldcons.
My story ‘Love in the Time of Immuno-Sharing’ was a finalist for the Eugie Foster Award.
My fiction has been anthologized in Neil Clarke’s Best Science Fiction of the Year, Jonathan Strahan’s Year’s Best Science Fiction, and three volumes of Rich Horton’s Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy.
I’ve translated 41 stories by 26 Chinese sci-fi luminaries, including Liu Cixin, Chen Qiufan, Bao Shu, Tang Fei, and Chi Hui. This work has appeared in many of the publications listed above, especially Clarkesworld. Translation has changed the way I read and write, fundamentally.
I’m also a screenwriter. Lucky Dog, a horror script I co-wrote with VMA-winning director Matt Barry, was optioned by Big Screen Entertainment. Big Screen’s releases include a Papillon reboot starring Rami Malek, and Death Wish starring Bruce Willis. Thanks to Dungeons & Dragons, I'm now a produced screenwriter (see the 'Game & Screenwriting' page). Sometimes I adapt my fiction. My latest screenplay is Cryptic Female Choice, based on a short story published in Interzone, the UK's premiere sci-fi magazine.
I have narrative design experience in the game industry. I wrote dialogue, storylines, and branching narrative paths for Dragon Heir: Silent Gods, a partnership between ByteDance and Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro. This included writing side quests starring licensed Hasbro characters Drizzt Do'Urden, Elminster, Bigby, and more.
I lived in China and Central Asia for close to 14 years. As this website clearly shows, I'm a bona fide geek. I like frogs, and I believe in the healing power of Dungeons & Dragons.