About Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is the multi-award winning and bestselling author of a number of ground-breaking SFF novels. Ender's Game is his first Young Adult cross-over novel in the UK.
Nobody had ever won the Hugo and Nebula awards for a novel and its sequel, two years in a row, until Orson Scott Card received them for Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, in 1986 and 1987. But Orson Scott Card's experience is not limited to one genre or form of storytelling.
His contemporary novels Lost Boys, Treasure Box, and Homebody brought a powerful emphasis on character and moral dilemmas to the old-fashioned ghost story. And his newest contemporary novel, Enchantment (April 1999 from Del Rey), is a romantic fantasy that has Sleeping Beauty being awakened by an American graduate student in Ukraine in 1991. The characters pass back and forth between Sleeping Beauty's world of ninth-century Russia and today's America, with the famous anti-hero of Russian folklore, the witch Baba Yaga, following close behind. Card has broken new ground with each of his major works. "The Homecoming Saga" (the novels The Memory of Earth, The Call of Earth, The Ships of Earth, Earthfall, and Earthborn) was a retelling of ancient scripture as science fiction. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is the sine qua non of alternate history novels, in which time travellers return to keep Columbus from discovering America - or at least from returning to Europe after having discovered it. It will be followed by books that reinvision Noah's flood and the Garden of Eden - in historically, culturally, and scientifically plausible ways.
His works have been translated into many languages, including Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, and Swedish.
A dozen of Card's plays have been produced in regional theatre, including the musical Barefoot to Zion (written in collaboration with his composer brother, Arlen L. Card), which played to sold-out houses in Utah as part of the Mormon Church's celebration of the sesquicentennial of the entry of the pioneers into Salt Lake Valley. His historical novel, Saints, has been an underground hit for several years, and Card has written hundreds of audio plays and a dozen scripts for animated video plays for the family market. Meanwhile, Ender's Game is being developed for film by Robert Chartoff, co-producer of The Right Stuff, Raging Bull, and the Rocky series, with Card writing the screenplay.
Born in Richland, Washington, Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church. He received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). He currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. He and his wife, Kristine, are the parents of five children: Geoffrey, Emily, Charles, Zina Margaret, and Erin Louisa (named for Chaucer, Bronte and Dickinson, Dickens, Mitchell, and Alcott, respectively).
Nobody had ever won the Hugo and Nebula awards for a novel and its sequel, two years in a row, until Orson Scott Card received them for Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, in 1986 and 1987. But Orson Scott Card's experience is not limited to one genre or form of storytelling.
His contemporary novels Lost Boys, Treasure Box, and Homebody brought a powerful emphasis on character and moral dilemmas to the old-fashioned ghost story. And his newest contemporary novel, Enchantment (April 1999 from Del Rey), is a romantic fantasy that has Sleeping Beauty being awakened by an American graduate student in Ukraine in 1991. The characters pass back and forth between Sleeping Beauty's world of ninth-century Russia and today's America, with the famous anti-hero of Russian folklore, the witch Baba Yaga, following close behind. Card has broken new ground with each of his major works. "The Homecoming Saga" (the novels The Memory of Earth, The Call of Earth, The Ships of Earth, Earthfall, and Earthborn) was a retelling of ancient scripture as science fiction. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is the sine qua non of alternate history novels, in which time travellers return to keep Columbus from discovering America - or at least from returning to Europe after having discovered it. It will be followed by books that reinvision Noah's flood and the Garden of Eden - in historically, culturally, and scientifically plausible ways.
His works have been translated into many languages, including Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, and Swedish.
A dozen of Card's plays have been produced in regional theatre, including the musical Barefoot to Zion (written in collaboration with his composer brother, Arlen L. Card), which played to sold-out houses in Utah as part of the Mormon Church's celebration of the sesquicentennial of the entry of the pioneers into Salt Lake Valley. His historical novel, Saints, has been an underground hit for several years, and Card has written hundreds of audio plays and a dozen scripts for animated video plays for the family market. Meanwhile, Ender's Game is being developed for film by Robert Chartoff, co-producer of The Right Stuff, Raging Bull, and the Rocky series, with Card writing the screenplay.
Born in Richland, Washington, Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church. He received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). He currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. He and his wife, Kristine, are the parents of five children: Geoffrey, Emily, Charles, Zina Margaret, and Erin Louisa (named for Chaucer, Bronte and Dickinson, Dickens, Mitchell, and Alcott, respectively).
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Series
Worthing Chronicle
Capitol (1979)
Hot Sleep (1979)
The Worthing Chronicle (1983)
The Worthing Saga (1990)
Capitol (1979)
Hot Sleep (1979)
The Worthing Chronicle (1983)
The Worthing Saga (1990)
Ender Wiggin
1. Ender's Game (1985)
2. Speaker for the Dead (1985)
3. Xenocide (1991)
4. Children of the Mind (1996)
5. A War of Gifts (2007)
6. Ender in Exile (2008)
The Ender Wiggin Saga (omnibus) (1993)
Ender's Game Boxed Set (omnibus) (2002)
First Meetings: Four Stories from the Enderverse (2002)
The Ender Quartet Box Set (omnibus) (2008)
1. Ender's Game (1985)
2. Speaker for the Dead (1985)
3. Xenocide (1991)
4. Children of the Mind (1996)
5. A War of Gifts (2007)
6. Ender in Exile (2008)
The Ender Wiggin Saga (omnibus) (1993)
Ender's Game Boxed Set (omnibus) (2002)
First Meetings: Four Stories from the Enderverse (2002)
The Ender Quartet Box Set (omnibus) (2008)
Alvin Maker
1. Seventh Son (1987)
2. Red Prophet (1988)
3. Prentice Alvin (1989)
4. Alvin Journeyman (1995)
5. Heartfire (1998)
6. The Crystal City (2003)
Hatrack River (1988)
Tales of Alvin Maker: Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Prentice Alvin (omnibus) (1995)
Alvin Wandering (omnibus) (1998)
1. Seventh Son (1987)
2. Red Prophet (1988)
3. Prentice Alvin (1989)
4. Alvin Journeyman (1995)
5. Heartfire (1998)
6. The Crystal City (2003)
Hatrack River (1988)
Tales of Alvin Maker: Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Prentice Alvin (omnibus) (1995)
Alvin Wandering (omnibus) (1998)
Maps in a Mirror
1. Maps in a Mirror Vol 1 (1990)
1. The Changed Man (1992)
2. Flux (1992)
3. Cruel Miracles (1992)
4. Monkey Sonatas (1993)
1. Maps in a Mirror Vol 1 (1990)
1. The Changed Man (1992)
2. Flux (1992)
3. Cruel Miracles (1992)
4. Monkey Sonatas (1993)
Homecoming
1. The Memory of Earth (1992)
2. The Call of Earth (1992)
3. The Ships of Earth (1994)
4. Earthfall (1995)
5. Earthborn (1995)
Harmony (omnibus) (1994)
Earth (omnibus) (1995)
1. The Memory of Earth (1992)
2. The Call of Earth (1992)
3. The Ships of Earth (1994)
4. Earthfall (1995)
5. Earthborn (1995)
Harmony (omnibus) (1994)
Earth (omnibus) (1995)
Shadow Saga
1. Ender's Shadow (1999)
2. Shadow of the Hegemon (2000)
3. Shadow Puppets (2002)
4. Shadow of the Giant (2005)
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon (omnibus) (2002)
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets (omnibus) (2003)
The Ender's Shadow Series Box Set (omnibus) (2008)
1. Ender's Shadow (1999)
2. Shadow of the Hegemon (2000)
3. Shadow Puppets (2002)
4. Shadow of the Giant (2005)
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon (omnibus) (2002)
Ender's Shadow / Shadow of the Hegemon / Shadow Puppets (omnibus) (2003)
The Ender's Shadow Series Box Set (omnibus) (2008)
Novels
Songmaster (1978)
A Planet Called Treason (1979)
aka Treason
Hart's Hope (1982)
Saints (1984)
aka A Woman of Destiny
Wyrms (1987)
The Abyss (1989) (with James Cameron)
The Folk of the Fringe (1989)
Eye for Eye (1990)
Lost Boys (1992)
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
Treasure Box (1996)
Stone Tables (1997)
Homebody (1998)
Enchantment (1999)
Magic Mirror (1999)
Robota (2003) (with Doug Chiang)
Magic Street (2005)
The Space Boy (2007)
Invasive Procedures (2007) (with Aaron Johnston)
Zanna's Gift: A Life in Christmases (2008) (writing as Scott Richards)
A Planet Called Treason (1979)
aka Treason
Hart's Hope (1982)
Saints (1984)
aka A Woman of Destiny
Wyrms (1987)
The Abyss (1989) (with James Cameron)
The Folk of the Fringe (1989)
Eye for Eye (1990)
Lost Boys (1992)
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
Treasure Box (1996)
Stone Tables (1997)
Homebody (1998)
Enchantment (1999)
Magic Mirror (1999)
Robota (2003) (with Doug Chiang)
Magic Street (2005)
The Space Boy (2007)
Invasive Procedures (2007) (with Aaron Johnston)
Zanna's Gift: A Life in Christmases (2008) (writing as Scott Richards)
Omnibus
Collections
Unaccompanied Sonata: And Other Stories (1981)
Cardography (1987)
Maps in the Mirror (1990)
Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life (1994)
The Elephants of Posnan: And Other Stories (2001)
Angles: And Other Stories (2002)
An Open Book (poems) (2004)
Posing as People: Three Plays, Three Stories (2005)
Keeper of Dreams (2008)
Cardography (1987)
Maps in the Mirror (1990)
Turning Hearts: Short Stories on Family Life (1994)
The Elephants of Posnan: And Other Stories (2001)
Angles: And Other Stories (2002)
An Open Book (poems) (2004)
Posing as People: Three Plays, Three Stories (2005)
Keeper of Dreams (2008)
Graphic Novels
Ultimate Iron Man (2006)
Wyrms Graphic Novel (2006)
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 1 (2007)
Ultimate Iron Man II (2008)
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 2 (2008)
Wyrms Graphic Novel (2006)
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 1 (2007)
Ultimate Iron Man II (2008)
Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 2 (2008)
Novellas
Anthologies edited
Dragons of Light (1980)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of 1987 (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1988 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: 1988 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Science Fiction Value Collection 1 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990)
The Best Horror Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year Mystery 1989 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990)
Future on Fire (1991)
Best Science Fiction Value Collection 2 (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Third Annual Best Horror Stories of the Year (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Third Annual Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Black Mist (1997) (with Keith Ferrell)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy (1999) (with Arthur C Clarke)
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (2001)
Best Fantasy Value Collection 3 (2001) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Best Horror Value Collection 2 (2001)
Best Horror Value Collection 3 (2001) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology (2002) (with Keith Olexa)
Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 2 (2003)
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show (2008) (with Edmund R Schubert)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of 1987 (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1988 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: 1988 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Science Fiction Value Collection 1 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990)
The Best Horror Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year Mystery 1989 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990)
Future on Fire (1991)
Best Science Fiction Value Collection 2 (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Third Annual Best Horror Stories of the Year (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Third Annual Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Black Mist (1997) (with Keith Ferrell)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy (1999) (with Arthur C Clarke)
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (2001)
Best Fantasy Value Collection 3 (2001) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Best Horror Value Collection 2 (2001)
Best Horror Value Collection 3 (2001) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Empire of Dreams and Miracles: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology (2002) (with Keith Olexa)
Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: Phobos Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 2 (2003)
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show (2008) (with Edmund R Schubert)
Non fiction
Listen, Mom and Dad (1978)
Ainge (1981)
Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary (1981)
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Bestselling Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer Shares (1984)
Characters and Viewpoint (1988)
A Storyteller in Zion: Essays and Speeches (1993)
How to Write a Million (1995)
Lies to Live By (2005)
The Great Snape Debate (2007) (with Amy Berner and Joyce Millman) (see J K Rowling)
The Authorized Ender Companion (2009) (with Jake Black)
The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy (2010)
Ainge (1981)
Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary (1981)
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Bestselling Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer Shares (1984)
Characters and Viewpoint (1988)
A Storyteller in Zion: Essays and Speeches (1993)
How to Write a Million (1995)
Lies to Live By (2005)
The Great Snape Debate (2007) (with Amy Berner and Joyce Millman) (see J K Rowling)
The Authorized Ender Companion (2009) (with Jake Black)
The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy (2010)
Anthologies containing stories by Orson Scott Card
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 2 (1980)
New Dimensions 10 (1980)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Nebula Winners 15 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983)
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1985)
Nebula Awards 21 (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1987)
Nebula Awards 22 (1987)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 (1990)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (1997)
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1997)
Future on Ice (1998)
Legends (1998)
Children of the Night (1999)
Far Horizons (1999)
New Dimensions 10 (1980)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Nebula Winners 15 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983)
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1985)
Nebula Awards 21 (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979: The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1987)
Nebula Awards 22 (1987)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 (1990)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (1997)
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1997)
Future on Ice (1998)
Legends (1998)
Children of the Night (1999)
Far Horizons (1999)
Short stories
| Ender's Game (1977) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| I Put My Blue Genes On (1978) | |||
| Mikal's Songbird (1978) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Bully and the Beast (1979) | |||
| Closing the Timelid (1979) | |||
| Deep Breathing Exercises (1979) | |||
| Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory (1979) | |||
| Kingsmeat (1979) | |||
| The Monkey's Thought 'Twas All in Fun' (1979) | |||
| Mortal Gods (1979) | |||
| Quietus (1979) | |||
| Sandmagic (1979) | |||
| Songhouse (1979) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Unaccompanied Sonata (1979) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon (1980) | |||
| Fat Farm (1980) | |||
| Holy (1980) | |||
| The Princess and the Bear (1980) | |||
| St. Amy's Tale (1980) | |||
| Middle Woman (1981) (writing as Byron Walley) | |||
| A Plague of Butterflies (1981) | |||
| The Porcelain Salamander (1981) | |||
| A Sepulcher of Songs (1981) | |||
| The Best Day (1984) (writing as Dinah Kirkham) | |||
| The Fringe (1985) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Hatrack River (1986) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) World Fantasy | ||
| Salvage (1986) | |||
| America (1987) | |||
| Eye for Eye (1987) | Hugo | ||
| Dogwalker (1989) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Lost Boys (1989) | Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Grinning Man (1998) |
Awards
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Books about Orson Scott Card
Card Catalogue: The Science Fiction and Fantasy of Orson Scott Card (1987) by Michael R Collings
In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization, and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card (1990) by Michael R Collings
The Work of Orson Scott Card: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide (1997) by Boden Clarke and Michael R Collings
Storyteller: The Official Guide to the Works of Orson Scott Card (2001) by Michael R Collings
Orson Scott Card: Writer of the Terrible Choice (2003) by Edith S Tyson
Orson Scott Card: Architect of Alternate Worlds (2006) by Edward Willett
In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization, and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card (1990) by Michael R Collings
The Work of Orson Scott Card: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide (1997) by Boden Clarke and Michael R Collings
Storyteller: The Official Guide to the Works of Orson Scott Card (2001) by Michael R Collings
Orson Scott Card: Writer of the Terrible Choice (2003) by Edith S Tyson
Orson Scott Card: Architect of Alternate Worlds (2006) by Edward Willett
Links to other websites
| Hatrack River - The Official Web Site of Orson Scott Card |
Orson Scott Card recommends
The Sorcery Within (1985) (War of the Dragons, book 1) Dave Smeds "A remarkable book...head and shoulders above the others." | Emprise (1985) (Trigon Disunity, book 1) Michael P Kube-McDowell "Michael Kube-McDowell's Emprise proves that he can handle the vast sweep of historical events with a skill few other writers can match." | Artificial Things (1986) Karen Joy Fowler "The best new short fiction writer of the year." |
Swimmers Beneath the Bright (1987) M Coleman Easton "A masterful talented writer... You can trust him to deliver what he promises." | Land of Dreams (1987) James P Blaylock "Beautiful...bizarre...a wonderful real-life fantasy!" | There Are Doors (1988) Gene Wolfe "It may well be Wolfe's most perfect story." |
Blood of the Children (1989) Alan Rodgers "Rodgers isn't one of those horror writers whose stories have no effect beyond making you gag, indeed, his grue quotient is pretty low. What he offers instead is a teaspoonful of absurdity dissolved in a quart of ordinary life, and ah, the difference that teaspoonful can make..." | Orbital Resonance (1991) (Century Next Door, book 1) John Barnes "John Barnes carries us away the way Heinlein used to do it." | Jumper (1992) (Jumper, book 1) Steven Gould "Gould proves once again that in the hands of a wonderful, perceptive writer, there is no such thing as an old idea. This is a book that you won't want to miss." |
Travellers In Magic (1994) Lisa Goldstein "One of our best writers." | Ghostcountry's Wrath (1995) (David Sullivan, book 6) Tom Deitz "Deitz is wonderfully inventive." | The Sum of All Men (1998) (Runelords, book 1) David Farland "When I reached the end of this first volume, The Runelords, and saw grace arise from a devastating battelfield where too many great hearts lay dead, Farland had earned the tears that came to my eyes. It was not sentiment, but epiphany." |
Bloodwinter (1998) (A Tale of Eron, book 1) Tom Deitz "Deitz is wonderfully inventive." | Fantasy Life (2001) Kristine Kathryn Rusch "A masterful writer is at work." | Magic Time (2001) (Magic Time, book 1) Barbara Hambly and Marc Scott Zicree "The best new dose of magic to hit the world of fantasy literature in a long time." |
Piper in the Night (2001) Dave Smeds "Most of all, though, what impresses me is the way Smeds makes all his characters deep enough to have the illusion of life, a bit of magic that most fantasy writers never quite master." | The Disappeared (2002) (Retrieval Artist, book 1) Kristine Kathryn Rusch "A masterful writer is at work." | Ringworld's Children (2004) (Ringworld, book 4) Larry Niven "Great storytelling is still alive in science fiction because of Larry Niven and his finest work is the Ringworld series." |
Jack Knife (2007) Virginia Baker "A great first novel." | Lamentation (2009) (Psalms of Isaak, book 1) Ken Scholes "This is the golden age of fantasy, with a dozen masters doing their best work. Then along comes Ken Scholes, with his amazing clarity, power, and invention, and shows us all how it's done." | Children No More (2010) Mark L Van Name "...a hero who is worth at least a dozen more novels. I want to read a new one every year." |
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