Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card born August 24 1951 is an American writer known best for his science fiction works As of 2024 he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years winning both awards for his novel Enders Game 1985 and its sequel Speaker for the Dead 1986 A feature film adaptation of Enders Game which Card coproduced was released in 2013 Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Awardwinning series The Tales of Alvin Maker 19872003 Cards fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes Card has also written political religious and social commentary in his columns and other writing his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism Card who is a greatgreatgrandson of Brigham Young was born in Richland Washington and grew up in Utah and California While he was a student at Brigham Young University BYU his plays were performed on stage He served in Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints LDS Church and headed a community theater for two summers Card had 27 short stories published between 1978 and 1979 and he won the John W Campbell Award for best new writer in 1978 He earned a masters degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction fantasy nonfiction and historical fiction genres starting in 1979 Card continued to write prolifically and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories Card 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 He has taught many successful writers at his literary boot camps Description above from the Wikipedia article Orson Scott Card licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia