Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American writer best known for the science fiction novel Ender’s Game and its sequels. His work also includes fantasy, historical fiction, essays, and plays.

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Ender's Game: A science fiction novel in which a gifted child trains to command humanity’s forces against an alien threat. This 1985 novel became Card’s best-known work and launched his Ender series.
Ender's Game (film): A 2013 science fiction film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender's Game. It brought Card’s best-known story to a large-screen audience.
Brandon Sanderson: An American fantasy and science fiction writer known for the Cosmere novels and detailed magic systems. Sanderson has cited Card’s fiction and writing instruction as influences on his development.
Hugo Award: An annual award for science fiction and fantasy works, voted on by members of Worldcon. Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead won the award for best novel in consecutive years.
Ender in Exile: A novel set between the events of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. It extends Ender’s story across the gap between the series’ first two novels.
Ender's Game (comic book): A comic-book adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender's Game. The adaptation translates the novel’s training and battle sequences into sequential art.
Harlan Ellison: An American writer known for provocative science fiction, short stories, and television scripts. Ellison’s sharply different public persona and literary style offer a useful comparison with Card.
Nebula Award: An annual award for science fiction and fantasy selected by members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Both novels also received the Nebula Award for best novel, a rare consecutive-year achievement.
The Tales of Alvin Maker: A fantasy series about a seventh son in an alternate nineteenth-century America shaped by folk magic. This series shows Card developing an alternative history alongside his science fiction.
Ender's Game Alive: A dramatized audiobook adaptation of Ender's Game, produced by Orson Scott Card. Card’s audio adaptation reworks the novel with a large cast and sound design.