Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card writes novels that range from young readers to adults. His different series cast a wide range with contemporary fantasy, science fiction, biblical novels, poetry, and plays.

He was born in Richland, Washington in 1951 and grew up between California, Arizona, and Utah.
He has a wife named Kristine Allen Card, married 1977, and resides in North Carolina. They had 5 children named Michael Geoffrey, Emily Janice, Charles Benjamin, Zina Margaret, and Erin Louisa.

Card had played the French horn, tuba, and sousaphone in school bands.
He started college as an archeology major but switched to theatre once he realized he made the wrong decision.
He founded and failed a theater company and produced plays at The Castle in Orem, Utah during the depression. This resulted in him creating Ender’s Game

He spent some of his early years writing scripts produced by Living Scriptures of Utah.

He chose Brazil for mission work in the 1970’s and is part of The Church of Latter-Day Saints.

Card is active in the Mormon community and contributes to a column called Rhinoceros Times for the last 18 years.

He occasionally teaches at Southern Virginia University as well as picking up workshops and plays to assist in. He is currently offering basic sessions via Storycraft for under $70.

Orson Scott Card

He did not originally intend for his works to follow his beliefs but all of his books stem from Mormon ethics and principals due to it being a major factor in his life.

Wrote books like Ender's Game, The Gate Thief, and Pathfinder.

I personally chose to read the Mithmagers series a few years ago when I saw the Ender's Game movie. I have recently purchased the Patherfinder's Series.

References

• Card, O. (2022). Hatrack River - the official web site of Orson Scott Card. Hatrack River - The Official Web Site of Orson Scott Card. Retrieved August 7, 2022, from http://www.hatrack.com/
• Card, O. (2009). Profile Picture. Twitter. photograph. Retrieved August 7, 2022, from https://twitter.com/orsonscottcard/photo.
• Cassada, J. (2011). The Lost Gate. Library Journal, 136(1), 86.
• Famousauthors.org. “Orson Scott Card.” Orson Scott Card | Biography, Books and Facts, 2020, https://www.famousauthors.org/orson-scott-card
• Linares, Alex. “OSC during Production of Ender's Game Alive!” Orson Scott Card Sightings, Skyboat Media, 2013, http://www.hatrack.com/misc/sightings/index.shtml. Accessed 7 Aug. 2022.
• Macmillan Publishers. “The Gate Thief.” Macmillan Publishers, 2022, https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765365392/thegatethief . Accessed 7 Aug. 2022.
• Will, B. (2004). Orson Scott Card: Writer of the Terrible Choice. (Book). Utopian Studies, 15(1), 163–164
• Zaugg, Andrew. “Orson Scott Card Unintentionally Shares Faith in Writing.” The Daily Universe, 6 Nov. 2018, https://universe.byu.edu/2018/11/05/orson-scott-card-unintentionally-shares....