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Orson Scott Card was born in Richland in the state of Washington. He has also lived in California, Arizona, and Utah. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons) and once serveed for two years in Brazil as a missionary for them. He received a degree from Brigham Young University in 1975 and a degree from the University of Utah in 1981.

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 younger readers, and are increasingly used in schools. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead have been awarded both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. 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.

He recently began a longterm position as a professor of writing and literature at Southern Virginia University. Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, and their youngest child, Zina Margaret.

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Card's children are: Geoffrey, Emily, Charles, Zina Margaret and Erin Louisa (named after Chaucer, Bronte and Dickinson, Dickens, Mitchell, and Alcott, respectively).

Card's 1985 novel "Ender's Game," currently under option by Warner Bros. (with Wolfgang Petersen slated to direct), was the first novel ever offered online prior to its publication in print.

Card's grandfather, Lester Park, produced "Corianton", the first full-length feature film based on the Book of Mormon, in the early 1930s.

Card is the only author to receive both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award each year in consecutive years.

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