Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card, born in 1951, is a bestselling science fiction author who has won the such awards as the Hugo and the Nebula-including being the first author to ever win them for a novel and its sequel two years in a row.

Card was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He was a Mormon missionary to Brazil for two years and received a degree from Brigham Young University.

Card is best known for his young adult novel, Ender's Game and its sequels. He has also written several contemporary novels, alternate history, fairy tales, stage plays, audio scripts, and scripts for animated video plays. He wrote the musical Barefoot to Zion which was performed during the Church of Latter Day Saints' sesquicentennial celebration of the pioneers entry to Salt Lake Valley.

Card lives with his wife in North Carolina. They have five children: Geoffrey, Emily, Charles, Zina Margaret, and Erin Louisa (named for Chaucer, Bronte and Dickinson, Dickens, Mitchell, and Alcott).

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