Author · born 1951
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction novelist (born 1951). Born in Richland.
Our catalogue lists 25 books by Orson Scott Card, mostly epic fantasy, historical fantasy and time-travel fiction. They span 1981 to 2014. The most-read is Speaker for the Dead (1986).
Books by Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card
Xenocide
Orson Scott Card
Seventh Son
Orson Scott Card
Red Prophet
Orson Scott Card
Pathfinder
Orson Scott Card
The Memory of Earth
Orson Scott Card
The Lost Gate
Orson Scott Card
The Call of Earth
Orson Scott Card
Alvin Journeyman
Orson Scott Card
Prentice Alvin
Orson Scott Card
The ships of Earth
Orson Scott Card
Heartfire
Orson Scott Card
Earthborn
Orson Scott Card
The Gate Thief
Orson Scott Card
Lost Boys
Orson Scott Card
Enchantment
Orson Scott Card
Ruins
Orson Scott Card
Pastwatch
Orson Scott Card
Earthfall
Orson Scott Card
MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL
Marvin Kaye, Orson Scott Card
Visitors
Orson Scott Card
Treasure Box
Orson Scott Card
The Dragon Quintet
Marvin Kaye, Orson Scott Card
Wings of Fire
Johnathan Strahan, Marianne S. Jablon
Dragons of Darkness
Orson Scott Card
Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 1992 — Best Novel, Xenocide (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1991 — Best Related Work (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1990 — Best Novel, Prentice Alvin (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1990 — Best Novelette, Dogwalker (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1990 — Best Short Story, Lost Boys (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1989 — Best Novel, Red Prophet (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1988 — Best Novel, Seventh Son (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1988 — Best Novella, Eye for Eye (winner)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1987 — Best Novel, Speaker for the Dead (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, Hatrack River (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 1986 — Best Novel, Ender's Game (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1986 — Best Novelette, The Fringe (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1980 — Best Novella, Songhouse (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1980 — Best Short Story, Unaccompanied Sonata (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1979 — Best Novelette, Mikal's Songbird (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 1978 — Best Novelette, Ender's Game (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1990 — Best Novel, Prentice Alvin (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1990 — Best Short Story, Lost Boys (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1989 — Best Novel, Red Prophet (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1987 — Best Novel, Speaker for the Dead (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1987 — Best Novelette, Hatrack River (nominee)
- 🏆Nebula Awards 1986 — Best Novel, Ender's Game (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1986 — Best Novelette, The Fringe (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1980 — Best Short Story, Unaccompanied Sonata (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1979 — Best Novelette, Mikal's Songbird (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1999 — Best Anthology, Legends (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1988 — Best Novel, Seventh Son (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1987 — Best Novella, Hatrack River (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1981 — Best Collection, Dragons of Light (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2011 — Best Young Adult Book, Pathfinder (nominee)
Biography
Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.