Life Childhood and education Card (right) signing autographs at New York Comic Con in 2008 He remains a practicing member of the LDS Church and Mormon fiction writers Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton have cited his works as a major influence. He has taught many successful writers at his 'literary boot camps'. Ĭard teaches English at Southern Virginia University he has written two books on creative writing and serves as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978.

Card had 27 short stories published between 19, and he won the John W. He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and headed a community theater for two summers. While he was a student at Brigham Young University (BYU), his plays were performed on stage. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism.Ĭard, who is a great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Utah and California. His fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card's early fiction is original but contains graphic violence. His background as a screenwriter helped him make his works accessible. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).Ĭard's works were influenced by classic literature, as well as popular fantasy and science fiction, and he often uses tropes from genre fiction. A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works.

Nebula Award ( Speaker for the Dead, 1987).

Hugo Award ( How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1991).

Hugo Award ( Speaker for the Dead, 1987).

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