About Will Duncan

Will Duncan is the author of Specks of Dust. Born in rural western North Carolina, he began writing in 2011, taking creative writing classes throughout his young adulthood, including at his alma mater, UNC Chapel Hill. In 2017, he spent two months working with a nonprofit Christian orphanage in Uganda. He has worked previously in writing and editing for the Courtauld Institute in London, UK, and for Life With Dignity in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is currently based in Charlotte and works as a software developer.

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Major influences to his writing include William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Vladamir Nabokov, Barbara Kingsolver, Tommy Orange, and Bruce Springsteen.