Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is best known for his science fiction novel Ender's Game and its many sequels that expand the Ender Universe into the far future and the near past. Those books are organized into the Ender Quintet, the five books that chronicle the life of Ender Wiggin; the Shadow Series, that follows on the novel Ender's Shadow and are set on Earth; and the Formic Wars series, written with co-author Aaron Johnston, that tells of the terrible first contact between humans and the alien "Buggers." Card has been a working writer since the 1970s. Beginning with dozens of plays and musical comedies produced in the 1960s and 70s, Card's first published fiction appeared in 1977 -- the short story "Gert Fram" in the July issue of The Ensign, and the novelette version of "Ender's Game" in the August issue of Analog. The novel-length version of Ender's Game, published in 1984 and continuously in print since then, became the basis of the 2013 film, starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, and Abigail Breslin. Card was born in Washington state, and grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Brazil in the early 1970s. Besides his writing, he runs occasional writers' workshops and directs plays. He frequently teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University.
He is the author many sf and fantasy novels, including the American frontier fantasy series "The Tales of Alvin Maker" (beginning with Seventh Son), There are also stand-alone science fiction and fantasy novels like Pastwatch and Hart's Hope. He has collaborated with his daughter Emily Card on a manga series, Laddertop. He has also written contemporary thrillers like Empire and historical novels like the monumental Saints and the religious novels Sarah and Rachel and Leah. Card's recent work includes the Mithermages books (Lost Gate, Gate Thief), contemporary magical fantasy for readers both young and old. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen Card, He and Kristine are the parents of five children and several grandchildren.

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Orson Scott Card discusses his book, Empire

The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.

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Extinct

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Books

From the creator of Ender's Game comes a new sf series of hope, survival, and second chances. In a universe at war, the long-extinct human race may be the only hope for victory, in Orson...

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The Hive

The Second Formic War

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Tor/Forge
Tor Books

New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to the prequels to Ender's Game follow The Swam with The Hive, book two in the Second...

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Rachel and Leah

Women of Genesis

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Forge Books

Rachel and Leah is book three in New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card's Women of Genesis series—a unique reimagining of the biblical tale.

Tracing their...

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The Tales of Alvin Maker

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Books

This discounted ebundle includes: Seventh Son, Red Prophet, Prentice Alvin, Alvin Journeyman, Heartfire, The Crystal City

“Captures the essence of a world where...

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Children of the Fleet

Fleet School

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Science Fiction

From Orson Scott Card, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the science fiction classic Ender's Game comes Children of the Fleet....

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Rebekah

Women of Genesis

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Forge Books

Rebekah, book two in New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card's Women of Genesis series—a unique re-imagining of the biblical tale.

Born into a time and place...

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Sarah

Women of Genesis

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Forge Books

The first book of bestselling author Orson Scott Card's Women of Genesis series—a unique re-imagining of the biblical tale

Sarai was a child of ten years, wise for her age but not...

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The Swarm

The Second Formic War

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Tor/Forge
Tor Science Fiction

New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return with an all-new prequel trilogy to Ender's Game, The Second Formic War, with book...

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A War of Gifts

Other Tales from the Ender Universe

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Teen

A standalone holiday story A War of Gifts is set during Ender's time at Battle School from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Orson Scott Card.

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Empire: The Series

Empire

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Books

When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?

The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault...

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The Mither Mages Trilogy

Mither Mages

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Books

This discounted ebundle includes: The Lost Gate, The Gate Thief, Gatefather

The mage-families of Westil are in exile on Earth. The magical gates have been closed, and for good reason....

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Prentice Alvin and Alvin Journeyman

Alvin Maker

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Fantasy

Orson Scott Card, author of the bestselling science fiction novel Ender's Game, also created a series to satisfy fantasy readers.

Prentice Alvin

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The First Formic War

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Tor/Forge
Tor Books

This discounted ebundle includes: Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens

One hundred years before Ender Wiggin decisively defeated the alien formics in Ender’s Game. A...

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Gatefather

Mither Mages

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Fantasy

In Gatefather, the third installment in the Mithermages series, New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile...

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Formic Wars Trilogy Boxed Set

The First Formic War

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Tor/Forge
Tor Science Fiction

Nearly 100 years before the events of Ender's Game... See how it all began. Earth Unaware, Earth Afire, and Earth Awakens: the blockbuster trilogy from New York Times...

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The Memory of Earth and The Call of Earth

Homecoming Saga

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Science Fiction

The first two volumes of Orson Scott Card's critically acclaimed Homecoming Saga now available together for the first time.

The Memory of Earth
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Seventh Son and Red Prophet

Alvin Maker

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Fantasy

From Orson Scott Card, the New York Times author of Ender's Game, comes an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier...

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Earth Awakens

The First Formic War

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Tor/Forge
Tor Science Fiction

The story of The First Formic War continues in Earth Awakens, nearly 100 years before the events of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel Ender's Game...

When the alien ship screamed...

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Keeper of Dreams, Volume 1

Orson Scott Card; Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Audio

This huge new collection of the short stories of one of Science Fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans. Keeper of Dreams, Volume One contains 24...

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Earth Afire

The First Formic War

Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
Tor/Forge
Tor Science Fiction

One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War.

Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just...

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The Gate Thief

Mither Mages

Orson Scott Card
Tor/Forge
Tor Fantasy

In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic Mither Mages series about the Mages of Westil, who live in exile on Earth, in The Gate Thief.

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