Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American science fiction and fantasy writer best known for the Ender universe. Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Ender's Shadow, Children of the Mind, Shadow of the Giant, and Red Prophet show his interest in strategy, childhood genius, moral responsibility, alien encounter, religion, and alternative history.

For English-language readers, Card's work is important in modern speculative fiction because it combines military games, ethical dilemmas, and emotionally driven worldbuilding. His novels often ask how gifted or isolated people carry responsibility for communities larger than themselves. Readers interested in science fiction, space conflict, philosophical alien contact, and long-running series will find a major genre author.