| Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card is author of thirty-one novels, nineteen of which were published by Tor (New York). He is the recipient of four Hugo awards, two Nebula awards, two Hamilton-Brackett Memorial awards, the Mythopoeic Scoiety award, and two Association for Mormon Letters awards and has published short fiction in numerous anthologies, including Bright Angels & Familiars: Contemporary Mormon Stories and Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor. In 1987, he won the World Fantasy Award for best novella and has also edited five anthologies of short fiction. Card has written four other nonfiction works, including Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary (with Calvin Grondahl). He wrote a monthly review of books for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and holds a B.A. in theater from Brigham Young University and an M.A. in English from the University of Utah. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. For literary study and bibliographic information on Card's many publications, see Michael Collings, In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization, and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card (New York: Greenwood Press, 1990) and Michael Collings, Storyteller: The Official Orson Scott Card Bibliography and Guide (Woodstock, GA: Overlook Connection Press, 2001). Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets View Works by this Person |
| Also Known As | P. Q. Gump; Byron Walley; Noam D. Pellume |
| Religion | LDS |
| Spouse | Kristine Allen Card |
| Children | Geoffrey, Emily, Charlie Ben, Zina Margaret |
| Awards | Hugo Awards Nebula Awards Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Awards Mythopoeic Scoiety award Association for Mormon Letters awards |
| Other Biographical Information | Owner of Hatrack River Publications, LDS fiction publisher. |
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