Orson Scott Card
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Card at Life, the Universe, & Everything in 2008
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August 24, 1951 Richland, Washington |
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| Residence | Greensboro, North Carolina | ||
| Nationality | American | ||
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University University of Utah (M.A.) University of Notre Dame (1980s graduate student) |
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| Occupation | Author, critic, playwright / script writer, poet, public speaker, essayist, political activist, Prof. of Writing and Literature | ||
| Notable work |
Ender's Game series, The Tales of Alvin Maker |
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| Style | Science fiction, fantasy, thriller, horror, historical fiction and fantasy and biblical fiction, LDS fiction | ||
| Board member of |
Public television station UNC-TV (2013–present) National Organization for Marriage (2009–2013) |
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| Spouse(s) | Kristine Allen Card | ||
| Awards |
Selected list: Hugo Award (Ender's Game, 1986 Speaker for the Dead, 1987 How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1991) Nebula Award (Ender's Game, 1986 Speaker for the Dead, 1987 "Eye for Eye," 1988) |
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| Website | www |
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Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in late October 2013 in Europe and on November 1, 2013, in North America.
Card is a professor of English at Southern Virginia University, has written two books on creative writing, hosts writing bootcamps and workshops, and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. A great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, Card is a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In addition to producing a large body of fiction works, he has also offered political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing.
Card is the son of Peggy Jane (née Park) and Willard Richards Card, the third of six children and the older brother of composer and arranger Arlen Card. Card was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Santa Clara, California as well as Mesa, Arizona and Orem, Utah. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Brazil and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) and the University of Utah; he also spent a year in a Ph.D. program at the University of Notre Dame.
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