Orson Scott Card

(1951 --)

Orson Scott Card is an American pro writer living in North Carolina, probably best known for Ender's Game and its sequels.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1978 -- Campbell Award
• 1979 -- Bubonicon 11
• 1980 -- Toastmaster at Intervention Beta
• 1981 -- Hamilton-Brackett Award for "Songmaster", Toastmaster at Noncon 4
• 1983 -- MystiCon 2.5, NonCon 6, Life, the Universe, & Everything 1
• 1986 -- Con*Stellation V, AggieCon XVII, InConJunction VI, Life, the Universe, & Everything 4, Hamilton-Brackett Award, Best Novel Hugo for "Ender's Game"
• 1987 -- Alternacon, Necronomicon '87, Phoenix Award, Life, the Universe, & Everything 5, Best Novel Hugo for Speaker for the Dead
• 1988 -- Windycon XV, Mythopoeic Society Award for Seventh Son, Best Novella Hugo for "Eye for Eye"
• 1989 -- Baycon '89, DeepSouthCon 27 / MidSouthCon 8
• 1991 -- Hillcon 2, Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo for How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
• 1992 -- Octocon 1992, Marcon 27, Skylark Award
• 1993 -- Lunacon 36, Life, the Universe, & Everything 11
• 1997 -- Mythcon XXVIII, Life, the Universe, & Everything 15
• 2000 -- Loscon 27
• 2001 -- Necronomicon 2001
• 2003 -- Life, the Universe, & Everything 21
• 2005 -- Boskone 42, Swancon 24
• 2008 -- Life, the Universe, & Everything 26, ALAs Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Contribution to Young Adult Literature; Whitney Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2011 -- Polcon 2010
• 2013 -- MystiCon 2013
• 2014 -- Life, the Universe, & Everything 32
• 2015 -- Con*Stellation XXXIV
• multiple other Hugo nominations
• multiple Nebula Awards and nominations
• multiple Locus Awards
• multiple SF Chronicle Reader's Poll Awards
• multiple World Fantasy Awards

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