He always knew, he says, that he would never be able to come up with a satisfactory origin story for the descolada virus that plays such a large and interesting role in the earlier sequels. In the Acknowledgements at the end of The Last Shadow, the final book in the Ender’s Game series by Orson Scott Card, Card seems to lamely acknowledge (pun) his book’s thumping inadequacy.

He recently began a long-term position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University.Ĭard currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and their youngest child, Zina Margaret.įor further details, see the author's Wikipedia page.įor an ordered list of the author's works, see Wikipedia's List of works by Orson Scott Card. Besides his writing, he teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools.īesides 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.Ĭard was born in Washington and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah.

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