About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card 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 (1987–2026). 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; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
Known for:
Ender's Game hexalogy|Homecoming Saga|The Tales of Alvin Maker
Notable works:
Ender's Game
Awards:
Mythopoeic Awards|Hugo Award for Best Novel|Nebula Award for Best Novel|Hugo Award for Best Novella|Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel|Ditmar Award|Astounding Award for Best New Writer|Hugo Award for Best Related Work|Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel|Cosmos 2000 Award|Julia-Verlanger Award|World Fantasy Award for Best Novella|Geffen Award|Margaret Edwards Award|Whitney Awards|Locus Award for Best Novelette|Locus Award for Best Short Story|Locus Award for Best Collection|Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel|Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
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