Orson Scott Card

Writing

Born: 1951-08-24

From: Richland, Washington, USA

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.2

Biography

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 Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's 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 great-great-grandson 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 Latter-day 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 master's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations18 won · 42 nominated

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Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book

Pathfinder

2011

🏆 Won

Whitney Awards

2008

🏆 Won

Margaret Edwards Award

Ender's Shadow

2008

🏆 Won

Margaret Edwards Award

Ender's Game

2008

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Shadow of the Giant

2006

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

The Crystal City

2004

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Shadow Puppets

2003

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Anthology

Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century

2002

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Shadow of the Hegemon

2002

🏆 Won

Geffen Award

2001

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

The Elephants of Poznan

2001

🏆 Won

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel

The Tales of Alvin Maker

2000

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Vessel

2000

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Enchantment

2000

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Ender's Shadow

2000

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Heartfire

1999

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Horror Novel

Homebody

1999

Nominated

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel

Earthfall

1998

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Locus Award for Best Anthology

Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures

1998

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Children of the Mind

1997

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Alvin Journeyman

1996

Nominated

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel

The Memory of Earth

1996

🏆 Won

Cosmos 2000 Award

Xenocide

1994

Nominated

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel

Xenocide

1994

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

The Call of Earth

1994

🏆 Won

Julia-Verlanger Award

The Tales of Alvin Maker

1993

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

The Memory of Earth

1993

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Horror Novel

Lost Boys

1993

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Anthology

Future on Fire

1992

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Xenocide

1992

Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Xenocide

1992

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Collection

Maps in a Mirror

1991

🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Related Work

1991

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Dogwalker

1990

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Lost Boys

1990

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Prentice Alvin

1990

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novella

The Originist

1990

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novella

Pageant Wagon

1990

Nominated

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

Prentice Alvin

1990

Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Lost Boys

1990

Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Prentice Alvin

1990

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

The Folk of the Fringe

1990

Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Dogwalker

1990

Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Prentice Alvin

1990

Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Lost Boys

1990

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Red Prophet

1989

Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Red Prophet

1989

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Dowser

1989

Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Novel

Red Prophet

1989

Nominated

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

Red Prophet

1989

🏆 Won

Cosmos 2000 Award

Speaker for the Dead

1988

🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Novella

Eye for Eye

1988

🏆 Won

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

Seventh Son

1988

🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Seventh Son

1988

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novella

Eye for Eye

1988

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Cardography

1988

Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Seventh Son

1988

Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Seventh Son

1988

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

America

1988

Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Runaway

1988

Acting2 titles

5.9

Movie

Done the Impossible

2006Documentary

5.3

Movie

Night of the Living Deb

2015Comedy

Writing21 titles

10.0

Cartoon

Production1 title

6.6

Movie

Ender's Game

2013Sci-Fi

Creator1 title

6.1

Series

Extinct

2017Sci-Fi

Orson Scott Card

Biography

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Awards & Nominations18 won · 42 nominated

Acting2 titles

Done the Impossible

Night of the Living Deb

Writing21 titles

He is Risen

The Animated Stories from the Book of Mormon

Animated Stories from the New Testament

Saul of Tarsus

The Miracles of Jesus

Mormon and Moroni

The Good Samaritan

The Prodigal Son

The King is Born

Ender's Game

Extinct

I Am Legend Awakening

Nephi and the Brass Plates

Journey to the Promised Land

The Savior in America

Samuel and the Sign

Ammon, Missionary to the Lamanites

Alma the Younger

Abinadi and King Noah

The Brother of Jared

The Joseph Smith Story

Production1 title

Ender's Game

Creator1 title

Extinct