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Orson Scott Card

American science fiction novelist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75

Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986).

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2008Whitney AwardsAward2001Geffen AwardAward1996Locus Award for Best Fantasy NovelAward1994Cosmos 2000 AwardAward1991Locus Award for Best CollectionAward1990Locus Award for Best Fantasy NovelAwardLocus Award for Best Short StoryAward1989Locus Award for Best Fantasy NovelAward1988Cosmos 2000 AwardAwardLocus Award for Best Fantasy NovelAward1987Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAwardNebula Award for Best NovelAward1986Nebula Award for Best NovelAward1978Astounding Award for Best New WriterAward1951Born24 August 1951

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Margaret Edwards Award2008
Whitney Awards2008
Geffen Award2001
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel2000
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1996
Cosmos 2000 Award1994
Julia-Verlanger Award1993
Hugo Award for Best Related Work1991
Locus Award for Best Collection1991
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1990
Locus Award for Best Novelette1990
Locus Award for Best Short Story1990
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1989
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1988
Cosmos 2000 Award1988
Hugo Award for Best Novella1988
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award1988
Nebula Award for Best Novel1987
Hugo Award for Best Novel1987
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1987
World Fantasy Award for Best Novella1987
Nebula Award for Best Novel1986
Hugo Award for Best Novel1986
Astounding Award for Best New Writer1978
Ditmar Award
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A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987-2026). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.

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Born 1951 · age 75

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