BiographyType: Novelist, Critic, Public Speaker, Essayist and Columnist. Born: August 24, 1951 (age 64), Richland, Wash Died: 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 recent series, the young adult “Pathfinder series” (“Pathfinder”, “Ruins”, “Visitors”) and the fantasy “Mithermages series” (“Lost Gate”, “Gate Thief”) are taking readers in new directions. |