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Orson Scott Card

(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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Women of Genesis
   1. Sarah (2000)
   2. Rebekah (2001)
   3. Rachel and Leah (2004)

Empire
1. Empire (2006)
2. Hidden Empire (2009)

Pathfinder
   1. Pathfinder (2010)
   2. Ruins (2012)
   3. Visitors (2014)

Mither Mages
   1. The Lost Gate (2011)
   2. The Gate Thief (2013)
   3. Gatefather (2015)

Ender's Game Graphic Novels
   Formic Wars: Burning Earth (2011)
   Formic Wars: Silent Strike (2012)
   Ender's Game Ultimate Collection (2012)

Shadow Saga
The Shadow Saga Omnibus (omnibus) (2012)
The Shadow Quintet (omnibus) (2013)

Micropowers
1. Lost and Found (2019)
2. Duplex (2021)

Side-Step
1. Wakers (2022)

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)

Collections

   Unaccompanied Sonata (1980)
   Cardography (1987)
   Turning Hearts (1994)
   The Elephants of Posnan (2001)
   Angles (2002)
   An Open Book (poems) (2004)
   Posing as People (2005)
   Keeper of Dreams (2008)
   The Spirit of the Season (2022) (with others)

Anthologies edited

Graphic Novels

   Ultimate Iron Man (2006)
   Wyrms Graphic Novel (2006)
   Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 1 (2007)
   Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 2 (2008)
   Ultimate Iron Man II (2008)
   Ender's Game: Battle School (2009) (with Christopher Yost)
   Laddertop Vol 1 (2011) (with Emily Janice Card)
   Laddertop Vol 2 (2013) (with Emily Janice Card)

Novellas and Short Stories

   The Fringe (1985)
   Salvage (1986)
   America (1987)
   Stonefather (2008)
   Hamlet's Father (2011)
   A Town Divided by Christmas (2018)

Non fiction

The Authorized Ender Companion (2009) (with Jake Black)
Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game (2013)

Omnibus editions

Eye for Eye / The Tunesmith (1990) (with Lloyd Biggle Jr)

Series contributed to

Oz Reimagined
13. Off to See the Emperor (2013)

Anthologies containing stories by Orson Scott Card

New Dimensions 10 (1980)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 2 (1980)
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980)
Nebula Winners 15 (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Dragons of Darkness (1981)
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction (1984)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1985)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1986)
A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987)
Nebula Awards 21 (1987)
Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 (1987)
Nebula Awards 22 (1987)
A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 (1990)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Future Earths : Under South American Skies (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
Dragons (1997)
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998)
Legends (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
Far Horizons (1999)
Children of the Night (1999)

Short stories

	Ender's Game [short story] (1977)		Hugo (nominee)
	I Put My Blue Genes On (1978)
	Mikal's Songbird (1978)		Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee)
	The Bully and the Beast (1979)
	Closing the Timelid (1979)
	Deep Breathing Exercises (1979)
	Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory (1979)
	Kingsmeat (1979)
	The Monkey's Thought 'Twas All in Fun' (1979)
	Mortal Gods (1979)
	Quietus (1979)
	Sandmagic (1979)
	Songhouse (1979)		Hugo (nominee)
	Unaccompanied Sonata [short story] (1979)		Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee)
	A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon (1980)
	Fat Farm (1980)
	Holy (1980)
	The Princess and the Bear (1980)
	St. Amy's Tale (1980)
	Middle Woman (1981) (as by Byron Walley)
	A Plague of Butterflies (1981)
	The Porcelain Salamander (1981)
	A Sepulcher of Songs (1981)
	The Best Day (1984) (as by Dinah Kirkham)
	Hatrack River [short story] (1986)		Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) World Fantasy
	Eye for Eye [short story] (1987)		Hugo
	Dogwalker (1989)		Hugo (nominee)
	Lost Boys [short story] (1989)		Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee)
	Grinning Man (1998)

Awards

	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1978) : Ender's Game [short story]
	John W. Campbell Best New Author winner (1978)
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1979) : Mikal's Songbird
	Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1979) : Mikal's Songbird
	Hugo Best Novella nominee (1980) : Songhouse
	Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1980) : Unaccompanied Sonata [short story]
	Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1980) : Unaccompanied Sonata [short story]
	Hugo Best Novel winner (1986) : Ender's Game
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1986) : The Fringe
	Nebula Awards Best Novel winner (1986) : Ender's Game
	Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1986) : The Fringe
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1987) : Hatrack River [short story]
	Hugo Best Novel winner (1987) : Speaker for the Dead
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1987) : Speaker for the Dead
	Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1987) : Hatrack River [short story]
	Nebula Awards Best Novel winner (1987) : Speaker for the Dead
	World Fantasy Best Novella winner (1987) : Hatrack River [short story]
	Hugo Best Novella winner (1988) : Eye for Eye [short story]
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1988) : Seventh Son
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1988) : Seventh Son
	World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1988) : Seventh Son
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1989) : Red Prophet
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1989) : Red Prophet
	Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1989) : Red Prophet
	Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1990) : Dogwalker
	Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1990) : Lost Boys [short story]
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1990) : Prentice Alvin
	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (1990) : Prentice Alvin
	Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1990) : Lost Boys [short story]
	Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1990) : Prentice Alvin
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1992) : Xenocide
	Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : Empire
	Prometheus Award Best Book nominee (2010) : Hidden Empire

Orson Scott Card recommends

Magic's Most Wanted (2021)
Tyler Whitesides
"Enormously entertaining."

Glorious (2020)
(Bowl of Heaven, book 3)
Gregory Benford and Larry Niven
"Great storytelling is still alive in science fiction because of Larry Niven."

The Oppenheimer Alternative (2020)
Robert J Sawyer
"Can Sawyer write? Yes - ;with near-Asimovian clarity, with energy and drive, with such grace that his writing becomes invisible as the story comes to life in your mind."

Alternate Routes (2018)
(Vickery and Castine, book 1)
Tim Powers
"Tim Powers promises marvels and horrors, and delivers them all."

Dragonwatch (2017)
(Dragonwatch, book 1)
Brandon Mull
"Familiar characters, wonderful adventures!"

Hell Divers (2016)
(Hell Divers, book 1)
Nicholas Sansbury Smith
"Nicholas Sansbury Smith has created a compelling story about people we can care about...From the first page, I couldn't stop reading."

Ringworld's Children / Fleet of Worlds (2016)
Edward M Lerner and Larry Niven
"Great storytelling is still alive in science fiction because if Larry Niven."

Children No More (2010)
(Jon and Lobo, book 4)
Mark L Van Name
"...a hero who is worth at least a dozen more novels. I want to read a new one every year."

Lamentation (2009)
(Psalms of Isaak, book 1)
Ken Scholes
"This is the golden age of fantasy, with a dozen masters doing their best work. Then along comes Ken Scholes, with his amazing clarity, power, and invention, and shows us all how it's done."

The Sword-Edged Blonde (2007)
(Eddie LaCrosse Mystery, book 1)
Alex Bledsoe
"A compelling story with fascinating characters - who are so witty and whose attitudes are so wry that I laughed and cared."

The Princess and the Hound (2007)
(Princess , book 1)
Mette Ivie Harrison
"Powerful, surprising, moving, and deep - a classic."

Jack Knife (2007)
Virginia Baker
"A great first novel."

Ringworld's Children (2004)
(Ringworld, book 4)
Larry Niven
"Great storytelling is still alive in science fiction because of Larry Niven and his finest work is the Ringworld series."

Fantasy Life (2003)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
"A masterful writer is at work."

Piper in the Night (2002)
Dave Smeds
"Most of all, though, what impresses me is the way Smeds makes all his characters deep enough to have the illusion of life, a bit of magic that most fantasy writers never quite master."

Magic Time (2001)
(Magic Time, book 1)
Barbara Hambly and Marc Scott Zicree
"The best new dose of magic to hit the world of fantasy literature in a long time."

Bloodwinter (1999)
(A Tale of Eron, book 1)
Tom Deitz
"Deitz is wonderfully inventive."

The Runelords (1998)
(Runelords, book 1)
David Farland
"When I reached the end of this first volume, The Runelords, and saw grace arise from a devastating battelfield where too many great hearts lay dead, Farland had earned the tears that came to my eyes. It was not sentiment, but epiphany."

Travellers In Magic (1994)
Lisa Goldstein
"One of our best writers."

Jumper (1992)
(Jumper, book 1)
Steven Gould
"Gould proves once again that in the hands of a wonderful, perceptive writer, there is no such thing as an old idea. This is a book that you won't want to miss."

Orbital Resonance (1991)
(Century Next Door, book 1)
John Barnes
"John Barnes carries us away the way Heinlein used to do it."

Blood of the Children (1989)
Alan Rodgers
"Rodgers isn't one of those horror writers whose stories have no effect beyond making you gag, indeed, his grue quotient is pretty low. What he offers instead is a teaspoonful of absurdity dissolved in a quart of ordinary life, and ah, the difference that teaspoonful can make..."

There Are Doors (1988)
Gene Wolfe
"It may well be Wolfe's most perfect story."

Swimmers Beneath the Bright (1987)
M Coleman Easton
"A masterful talented writer... You can trust him to deliver what he promises."

Land of Dreams (1987)
James P Blaylock
"Beautiful...bizarre...a wonderful real-life fantasy!"

Artificial Things (1986)
Karen Joy Fowler
"The best new short fiction writer of the year."

Emprise (1985)
(Trigon Disunity, book 1)
Michael P Kube-McDowell
"Michael Kube-McDowell's Emprise proves that he can handle the vast sweep of historical events with a skill few other writers can match."

The Winds of Altair (1973)
Ben Bova
"The book to read in order to understand the heart and bones of the story Avatar tried to tell."

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