Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American author best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game (1985), which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, followed by its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) that achieved the same honors consecutively. Born in Richmond, Washington, he grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah, served an LDS mission in Brazil, earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981, and has written prolifically across science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and other genres, publishing over 50 novels.

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