Ludwigsen earned his Bachelor"s Degree in English from the University of Florida in 1994, followed by a Masters in the same discipline at the University of North Florida in 2005, and later, an Master of Fine Arts from University of Southern Maine.
His work has appeared in a number of magazines including Alfred Hitchcock"s Mystery Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Weird Tales, and Strange Horizons. He has also published two collections, including the highly praised In Search Of and Others. Writing He is also a 2006 graduate of the Clarion East Writers Workshop.
He is currently adjunct faculty at University of North Florida, where he teaches Creative Writing among other courses.
Ludwigesen"s 2013 short story collection, In Search of and Others, was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award for best single author collection. The book was well received, with starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publisher"s Weekly, which called it a "hauntingly beautiful collection." The title comes from the documentary television series In Search Of.., which was devoted to "mysterious phenomena" and hosted by Leonard Nimoy.
