


Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and their youngest child, Zina Margaret. He recently began a long-term position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy (Magic Street, Enchantment, Lost Boys), biblical novels (Stone Tables, Rachel and Leah), the American frontier fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker (beginning with Seventh Son), poetry (An Open Book), and many plays and scripts. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead have been awarded both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. Younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools. He is the author of the novels Ender's Game and its sequels, Speaker for the Dead and Ender's Shadow, which are widely read by adults and

He received a degree from Brigham Young University in 1975 and a degree from the University of Utah in 1981. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two year mission for The Church in Brazil. He has also lived in California, Arizona, and Utah. The author of numerous books, Card was the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, first for Enders Game. Orson Scott Card was born in Richland in the state of Washington.
