Orson Scott Card
Novelist, Author
1951 –
Who is Orson Scott Card?
Orson Scott Card 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 and its sequel Speaker for the Dead 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 the subject of 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. 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. His views on homosexuality, including his opposition to same-sex marriage, have drawn controversy.
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- Born
- Aug 24, 1951
Richland - Also known as
- Byron Walley
- Noam D. Pellume
- Brother Orson
- Card, Orson Scott
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Mormonism
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brigham Young University
- University of Utah
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Richland
(1951 - ) - Santa Clara
( - 1964) - Mesa
(1964 - 1967) - Orem
(1967 - ) - San Mateo
- Greensboro
- São Paulo
- Salt Lake City
- Sandy
- Richland
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on July 23, 2013
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