Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
Author • Editor • Narratorb. August 24, 1951 · From United States- Books
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Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.
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The main Enderverse series begins with "Ender's Game," followed by "Speaker for the Dead," "Xenocide," and "Children of the Mind." There are also parallel series like the "Shadow Saga" which starts with "Ender's Shadow" and explores events from a different character's perspective.
Orson Scott Card is notable for winning both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for "Ender's Game" and its sequel "Speaker for the Dead" in consecutive years, a unique achievement in the science fiction genre.
The novel "Ender's Game" was adapted into a feature film.
Many readers begin with "Ender's Game," as it is his most famous work and serves as the foundation for his extensive Enderverse.
Orson Scott Card received the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 2008, given by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in recognition of significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens, citing his body of work including Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.