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Orson Scott Card


USA flag (b.1951)

aka Dinah Kirkham, Scott Richards, Byron Walley

ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the international bestsellers Shadow of the Giant, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Ender's Shadow, and of the beloved classic of science fiction, Ender's Game, as well as the acclaimed fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
 

Awards: Mythopoeic (1988), Hugo (1988), WFA (1987), Nebula (1986)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Inspirational, General Fiction, Horror
 
Series
Worthing Chronicle
   Hot Sleep (1979)
   Capitol (1979)
   The Worthing Chronicle (1983)
   The Worthing Saga (1990)
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Ender Saga
   1. Ender's Game (1985)
   2. Speaker for the Dead (1986)
   3. Xenocide (1991)
   4. Children of the Mind (1996)
   5. Ender's Shadow (1999)
   6. Shadow of the Hegemon (2000)
   7. Shadow Puppets (2002)
   8. First Meetings (2002)
   9. Shadow of the Giant (2003)
   10. A War of Gifts (2007)
   11. Ender in Exile (2008)
   12. Shadows in Flight (2011)
   13. Earth Unaware (2012) (with Aaron Johnston)
   14. Earth Afire (2013) (with Aaron Johnston)
   15. Earth Awakens (2014) (with Aaron Johnston)
   16. The Swarm (2016) (with Aaron Johnston)
   17. Children of the Fleet (2017)
   18. The Hive (2019) (with Aaron Johnston)
   19. The Last Shadow (2021)
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Tales of Alvin Maker
   1. Seventh Son (1987)
   2. Red Prophet (1988)
   3. Prentice Alvin (1989)
   Hatrack River (1989)
   4. Alvin Journeyman (1995)
   5. Heartfire (1998)
   6. The Crystal City (2003)
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Maps in a Mirror
   Maps in a Mirror (1990)
   1. The Changed Man (1992)
   2. Flux (1992)
   3. Cruel Miracles (1992)
   4. Monkey Sonatas (1993)
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Homecoming
   1. The Memory of Earth (1992)
   2. The Call of Earth (1993)
   3. The Ships of Earth (1994)
   4. Earthfall (1995)
   5. Earthborn (1995)
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Women of Genesis
   1. Sarah (2000)
   2. Rebekah (2001)
   3. Rachel and Leah (2004)
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Empire
   1. Empire (2006)
   2. Hidden Empire (2009)
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Pathfinder
   1. Pathfinder (2010)
   2. Ruins (2012)
   3. Visitors (2014)
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Mither Mages
   1. The Lost Gate (2011)
   2. The Gate Thief (2013)
   3. Gatefather (2015)
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Shadow Saga
   The Shadow Saga Omnibus (omnibus) (2012)
   The Shadow Quintet (omnibus) (2013)
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Micropowers
   1. Lost and Found (2019)
   2. Duplex (2021)
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Side-Step
   1. Wakers (2022)
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Novels
   Songmaster (1978)
   Treason (1979)
     aka A Planet Called Treason
   Hart's Hope (1983)
   Saints (1984)
     aka A Woman of Destiny
   Wyrms (1987)
   The Folk of the Fringe (1989)
   The Abyss (1989) (with James Cameron)
   Eye for Eye (1990)
   Lost Boys (1992)
   Lovelock (1994) (with Kathryn H Kidd)
   Pastwatch (1996)
   Treasure Box (1996)
   Homebody (1998)
   Stone Tables (1998)
   Enchantment (1999)
   Magic Mirror (1999)
   Robota (2003) (with Doug Chiang)
   Magic Street (2005)
   The Space Boy (2007)
   Invasive Procedures (2007) (with Aaron Johnston)
   Zanna's Gift: A Life in Christmases (2008) (as by Scott Richards)
   Laddertop (2011) (with Emily Janice Card)
   Zanna's Gift (2015)
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Collections
   Unaccompanied Sonata (1980)
   Cardography (1987)
   Turning Hearts (1994)
   The Elephants of Posnan (2001)
   Angles (2002)
   An Open Book (poems) (2003)
   Posing as People (2005)
   Keeper of Dreams (2008)
   The Spirit of the Season (2022) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Fringe (1985)
   Salvage (1986)
   America (1987)
   Stonefather (2008)
   Hamlet's Father (2011)
   A Town Divided by Christmas (2018)
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Anthologies edited
   Dragons of Light (1980)
   Dragons of Darkness (1981)
   The Best Science Fiction of 1987 (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1988 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: 1988 (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best Fantasy Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best Horror Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, 1989 (1990)
   Best Science Fiction Value Collection 2 (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Future on Fire (1991)
   Third Annual Best Fantasy Stories of the Year (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best Mystery Stories of the Year Mystery 1989 (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best Science Fiction Value Collection 1 (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Third Annual Best Horror Stories of the Year (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Third Annual Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (1993) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Black Mist (1997) (with Keith Ferrell)
   Future on Ice (1998)
   The Best of Sci-Fi and Fantasy (1999) (with Arthur C Clarke)
   Best Fantasy Value Collection 3 (2001) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Best Horror Value Collection 2 (2001)
   Best Horror Value Collection 3 (2001) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Masterpieces (2001)
   Empire of Dreams and Miracles (2002) (with Keith Olexa)
   Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown (2003) (with Christian O'Toole and Keith Olexa)
   Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show (2008) (with Edmund R Schubert)
   InterGalactic Medicine Show Awards Anthology, Vol. I (2012) (with Edmund R Schubert)
   IGMS: Big Book of SF Novelettes (2013) (with Edmund R Schubert)
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Books containing stories by Orson Scott Card
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The Last Dangerous Visions (2024)
(Dangerous Visions, book 3)
edited by
Harlan Ellison
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Worlds Long Lost (2022)
edited by
Sean CW Korsgaard and Christopher Ruocchio

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Awards
1996 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel : Alvin Journeyman
1991 Locus Award for Best Collection : Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
1990 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel : Prentice Alvin
1989 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel : Red Prophet
1988 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award : Seventh Son
1988 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel : Seventh Son
1988 Hugo Award for Best Novella : Eye for Eye [short story]
1987 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella : Hatrack River [short story]
1987 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel : Speaker for the Dead
1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Speaker for the Dead
1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Speaker for the Dead
1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel : Ender's Game
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel : Ender's Game

Award nominations
2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award (longlist) : The Hive: Second Formic War 2
2010 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Hidden Empire
2007 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Empire
2006 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shadow of the Giant: Shadow Saga 4
2004 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Crystal City
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shadow Puppets: Shadow Saga 3
2002 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Shadow of the Hegemon: Shadow Saga 2
2000 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ender's Shadow: Shadow Saga 1
2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Enchantment
1999 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Heartfire
1997 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
1997 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Children of the Mind
1994 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Call of Earth
1993 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Memory of Earth
1993 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Memory of Earth
1992 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Xenocide
1992 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Xenocide
1990 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Lost Boys [short story]
1990 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Prentice Alvin
1990 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Pageant Wagon
1990 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Originist
1990 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Folk of the Fringe
1990 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Lost Boys [short story]
1990 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Dogwalker
1990 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Prentice Alvin
1989 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Prentice Alvin
1989 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (nominee) : Red Prophet
1989 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Red Prophet
1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Seventh Son
1988 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Red Prophet
1988 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Runaway
1988 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : America
1988 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Cardography
1988 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Seventh Son
1987 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Hatrack River [short story]
1987 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Speaker for the Dead
1987 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Hatrack River [short story]
1986 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Fringe
1986 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Ender's Game
1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Fringe
1984 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Hart's Hope
1982 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Unaccompanied Sonata: And Other Stories
1981 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Dragons of Light
1981 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Songmaster
1980 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Unaccompanied Sonata [short story]
1980 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Treason
1980 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Songhouse
1980 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Unaccompanied Sonata [short story]
1980 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Songhouse
1979 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Mikal's Songbird
1979 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Mikal's Songbird
1978 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Ender's Game [short story]


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