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Orson Scott Card is the author of the novels Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and
Speaker for the Dead, which are widely read by adults and younger readers, and are
increasingly used in schools. His most recent series, the young adult Pathfinder series
(Pathfinder, Ruins, Visitors) and the fantasy Mithermages series (Lost Gate, Gate Thief,
Gatefather) are taking readers in new directions. 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, including his "freshened"
Shakespeare scripts for Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of
Venice. Card was born in Washington 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 teaches occasional classes and workshops and directs plays. He frequently
teaches writing and literature courses at Southern Virginia University. Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kristine Allen
Card.