Orson Scott Card

About Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, both Hugo and Nebula Award winners, were written by this science fiction novelist. Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Alvin Journeyman are among his other significant works.

Orson Scott Card is an American writer known for his science fiction works. Ender's novel The Game and Mr. Loa's sequel to the Dead won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. An adaptation of the Ender's Game feature film, co-produced by Card, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy award-winning series, The Tales of Alvin Maker. Card's works are influenced by classical literature, popular fiction, and science fiction; he often used stories of fiction. His background as a screenwriter helped Card make his works accessible, although some critics disliked his personality. Card's first novel was original but contained a violent image. His novels often feature characters with special talents who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card also writes commentaries on politics, religion and society in his categories and other articles.

Born	August 24, 1951, Richland, Washington, U.S.
Children	5
Notable works	Ender's Game series, The Tales of Alvin Maker
Notable awards	Hugo Award (Ender's Game, 1986), Hugo Award (Speaker for the Dead, 1987), Hugo Award (How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1991), Nebula Award (Ender's Game, 1986), Nebula Award (Speaker for the Dead, 1987), Nebula Award ("Eye for Eye", 1988)
Occupation	Author, critic, playwright / script writer, poet, public speaker, essayist, professor of writing and literature
Pen name	Frederick Bliss, Brian Green, P.Q. Gump, Dinah Kirkham, Scott Richards, Byron Walley
Language	English
Spouse	Kristine Allen Card
Alma mater	Brigham Young University (B.A.), University of Utah (M.A.)
Genre	science fiction, fantasy, thriller, horror, historical fiction and fantasy and biblical fiction, LDS fiction

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Trivia

In the mid-1980s, he became the first American author to win the Hugo and Nebula Awards in consecutive years.

Orson Scott Card before fame

During his time at Brigham Young University, where he also studied theater, he concentrated on composing poetry. He worked as an editor at Brigham Young University Press when he first started writing.

Achievement of Orson Scott Card

He was the first American author to win the Hugo and Nebula Awards in the same year in the mid-1980s.

Salary 2020

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Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Orson Scott Card family life

With his wife, Kristine Card, he had five children as a practicing Mormon. All of the couple's children were named after great authors; however, one child died as an infant and another died at the age of seventeen from cerebral palsy.

Associations of Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin, his character, was played by Asa Butterfield in the 2013 film adaptation of Ender's Game.

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